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Artists took imagery and iconography from Regionalism—think Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton—which leaned toward heartland nativism.
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Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
Not a Klansman from the era of lynching, but far from a typical conservative of the nineties and aughts, Peter effectively shifted Republicans away from neoconservatism and toward nativism.
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Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
That vision of worldwide economic and cultural interdependence that enabled the proliferation of biennials in the ’90s has been steadily eroding amid the recent rise in nativism and far-right movements in the United States and Europe.
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Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 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.
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Jamelle Bouie,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
Not a Klansman from the era of lynching, but far from a typical conservative of the nineties and aughts, Peter effectively shifted Republicans away from neoconservatism and toward nativism.
—
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
That vision of worldwide economic and cultural interdependence that enabled the proliferation of biennials in the ’90s has been steadily eroding amid the recent rise in nativism and far-right movements in the United States and Europe.
—
Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nativism
xenophobia
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Tuchel’s approach might, at least, be grimly appropriate for a tournament whose organizers would surely like everyone to focus on the action, and ignore the stench of corruption and xenophobia in the air.
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In the midst of national turmoil—detention camps, Black voter suppression, transphobia, xenophobia, and war—Fonda does not feel despair about the future.
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“Nativism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nativism. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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