nativist adj 1: advocating the perpetuation of native societies; "the old nativist prejudice against the foreign businessman"; "the nativistic faith preaches the old values"- C.K.Kluckhohn [syn: {nativist}, {nativistic}] 2: of or relating to or advocating nativism; "nativist theories"; "the traditional controversy between the nativistic and empiristic theories" [syn: {nativist}, {nativistic}] n 1: a philosopher who subscribes to nativism
Nativist \Na"tiv*ist\, n. An advocate of nativism. [1913 Webster]