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Recent Examples of nativism
At the end of the day, capitalism trumps nativism and regardless of one’s party affiliation, the almighty dollar rules.
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Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Support for populist nativism doesn’t track neatly with economic disadvantage.
—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
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Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Support for populist nativism doesn’t track neatly with economic disadvantage.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nativism
xenophobia
Noun
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Nature, light, darkness, mundane rituals, violence, ambiguity, and evil, in such forms as death, tribalism, and xenophobia.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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May 9, 2025 5 min read Conceptual problems, ideology clashes and xenophobia prevented the concept of zero from catching on for a long time.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
9 May 2025
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“Nativism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nativism. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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