Synonyms of nativism

nativism

noun

as in xenophobia

Related Words

• xenophobia
• nationalism
• chauvinism
• jingoism
• racism
• prejudice
• racialism
• superpatriotism

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nativism

Their decades-long obsession with immigration and hot-button social issues comes off as — and sometimes is — ugly nativism. — U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026

The show gestures at the classic targets of old-timey sexism, small-mindedness, and nativism—much of it embodied by Gasteyer’s scheming character—but only in the safest possible ways. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026

Artists took imagery and iconography from Regionalism—think Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton—which leaned toward heartland nativism. — 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