nativistic 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}]
Nativistic \Na`tiv*is"tic\, a. Relating to nativism. [1913 Webster]