# nativism

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #84,548

## Definitions
1. A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
2. The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
3. A cultural element that is native to a colonised country.
4. The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
5. A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.

## Etymology
From native + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nativism