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But the film also sees the roots of toxic nativism elsewhere, especially in the wars being waged in Ukraine and Gaza, both of which become passing points of conversation.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
To embrace nativism in a global, connected economic world is to sacrifice prosperity for the sake of exclusion, just as the main effect of racial segregation in the American South was to leave the region impoverished and underdeveloped.
—Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
The next while needs to focus on deep reform and not nationalism and nativism.
—Mbongiseni Buthelezi, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Frustration with high levels of immigration, coupled with discontent over Britain’s sluggish economic growth, has provided fertile ground for nativism.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
To embrace nativism in a global, connected economic world is to sacrifice prosperity for the sake of exclusion, just as the main effect of racial segregation in the American South was to leave the region impoverished and underdeveloped.
—Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
The next while needs to focus on deep reform and not nationalism and nativism.
—Mbongiseni Buthelezi, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Frustration with high levels of immigration, coupled with discontent over Britain’s sluggish economic growth, has provided fertile ground for nativism.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nativism
xenophobia
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The combination has led to xenophobia, and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ’s nationalistic government has proposed tougher rules on foreigners.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Most people know about claustrophobia (fear of closed places), xenophobia (fear of strangers), and acrophobia (fear of high places), but what about macrophobia?—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Nativism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nativism. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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