as in xenophobia
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Recent Examples of nativism
Support for populist nativism doesn’t track neatly with economic disadvantage.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Over the last decade and a half, the widespread feeling that the United Kingdom was on its last legs was reflected in surging English nativism and Scottish, Welsh, and Irish separatism that in different ways threatened to pull the union apart.
—Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
This outlook tended to keep Russian nativism in check.
—Cristina Florea, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2022
Departing from this austere nativism, Zibakalam offered instead a deep, comparative study of European and Iranian history, dating back to medieval times.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Over the last decade and a half, the widespread feeling that the United Kingdom was on its last legs was reflected in surging English nativism and Scottish, Welsh, and Irish separatism that in different ways threatened to pull the union apart.
—Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
This outlook tended to keep Russian nativism in check.
—Cristina Florea, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2022
Departing from this austere nativism, Zibakalam offered instead a deep, comparative study of European and Iranian history, dating back to medieval times.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nativism
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From rollbacks on reproductive rights in the U.S. to the dismantling of environmental protections and the amplification of xenophobia, governments are retreating from their responsibilities to protect vulnerable communities and future generations.—
Paul Klein,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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These examples can still involve xenophobia — a fear of outsiders, even one disconnected from skin color.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Nativism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nativism. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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