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Recent Examples of nativist
Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
Such concerns tend to be either economic in focus (forecasting stark drops in growth and productivity as populations age and shrink) or nativist (fearing that national identities will erode as populations dwindle and countries seek immigrants to make up for shrinking workforces).
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Soon nativist worries about the newcomers, especially Catholics and Jews, led Coolidge to sign the Immigration Act of 1924, which would largely close America’s borders for four decades.
—Thomas Tweed, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
Speaking with Engel reminded me at times of MacIntyre, Vance, and others who tend to speak in nativist terms.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
Many of the racist, nativist vulgarities spoken out loud in Paul Thomas Anderson’s marvelous new film One Battle After Another evoke sentiments that, in our world, first fomented online.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
New York still needs such a place, even with a nativist-in-chief in the White House.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Its rise is partly due to its strong, virulently nativist campaign against immigrants, calling for mass deportation.
—Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
Such concerns tend to be either economic in focus (forecasting stark drops in growth and productivity as populations age and shrink) or nativist (fearing that national identities will erode as populations dwindle and countries seek immigrants to make up for shrinking workforces).
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Soon nativist worries about the newcomers, especially Catholics and Jews, led Coolidge to sign the Immigration Act of 1924, which would largely close America’s borders for four decades.
—Thomas Tweed, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
Speaking with Engel reminded me at times of MacIntyre, Vance, and others who tend to speak in nativist terms.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
Many of the racist, nativist vulgarities spoken out loud in Paul Thomas Anderson’s marvelous new film One Battle After Another evoke sentiments that, in our world, first fomented online.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
New York still needs such a place, even with a nativist-in-chief in the White House.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nativist
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In this case, the maximum dream of any Latin American revolutionary nationalist is to stand up to el imperio, to the Yankee Empire itself.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
4 Jan. 2026
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He’s marked as a dissident for responding with defiance to lesson plans mandated by federal authorities after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that teach youngsters to become Russian nationalists.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Dec. 2025
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And God Created Woman, but in recent years, Bardot sparked controversy due to some of her more troubling opinions and faced legal troubles over racist and xenophobic comments.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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His actions have struck many Americans as racist and xenophobic.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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Sacco knows better than most that political chauvinists of all kinds can point to past moments of injury and humiliation to justify any current cruelty or authoritarian project—an especially powerful appeal when those historical injustices are real.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
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King’s straight-sets triumph over the braggadocious chauvinist wasn’t much in doubt once the players were on the court, though there was plenty of speculation leading up to the match.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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Bardot often found herself under public scrutiny for anti-immigrant statements and showing support for far-right politicians such as France's Marine Le Pen.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Border Patrol experienced a similar shift during its hiring surge, attracting individuals with strong anti-immigrant views or a desire for quasi-military action.—
Karl W. Bickel,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Jan. 2026
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And in Chang's brave and patriotic mother, readers may also perceive a broader metaphor for China writ large, a country that has been smothered and surveilled by a resurgent party state under its top leader, Xi Jinping.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2026
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Set against the famous granite faces in the Black Hills, the patriotic spectacle is expected to be one of the year’s most memorable moments, with limited tickets released closer to the event.—
Taryn Shorr-Mckee,
Midwest Living,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Nativist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nativist. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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