nativist

Anti-foreigner advocate

A nativist favors native-born inhabitants over immigrants, typically advocating policies that restrict immigration or deny rights to foreign-born residents.

The term usually carries negative connotations, implying xenophobia or ethnic nationalism: nativist rhetoric, nativist movements.

In linguistics and psychology, nativist describes theories holding that certain abilities or knowledge are innate rather than learned.

movement

MAGA

Populist campaign acronym

hardliner · restrictionist · anti-immigrant · right-wing · reactionary · agitator · strongman · demagogue · base · heartland

immigration

restriction

Limit on action

border · undocumented · alien · foreigner · migrant · refugee · asylum · citizenship · naturalization · amnesty

ideology

ethnonationalism

Politics privileging ethnic identity

jingoism · isolationism · restrictionism · homogeneity · bloodline · tribalism · insularity · sectarianism · supremacism · separatism

rhetoric

invasion

Forcible entry into territory

tradition · homeland · founding · forefathers · outsider · them · other · swarm · flood · infestation

protectionist

tariff

Tax on traded goods

anti-globalization · outsourcing · offshoring · protectionism · localization

Categories
Opposites
political stance on immigration and foreigners

nativistcosmopolitan

Culturally sophisticated, internationally fluent

globalist · multiculturalist · internationalist · xenophile · integrationist

philosophical view on innate vs. acquired knowledge

nativistempiricist

Knowledge-from-experience advocate

behaviorist · constructivist · environmentalist · sensationalist

Phrases
Family

nativity, nativism, nativists

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Rated PG