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Recent Examples of nativist
Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Coughlin used the new medium of radio in the 1930s to bypass traditional gatekeepers and reach millions of people directly with his nativist, antisemitic and pro-Nazi screeds.
—Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
Today, not only are these conditions under assault by a kleptocratic, nativist US federal government, but the clock seems also to be running out on their own internal contradictions.
—Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026
At the end of the day, all Calvert and Kim are doing is pandering to the nativist base of their party in hopes of getting another two years over in the Swamp.
—Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Eventually, that nativist turn would take America into a series of constitutional crises and to the edge of some American version of fascism.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
At the latter stages of the transition, aging richer countries now require workers from overseas – but are coming up against a nativist backlash.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
In 1942, as the government was forcibly relocating and incarcerating Japanese Americans on the West Coast, a nativist group hoped to revoke the citizenship of Japanese Americans born in the United States.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
Tom Tancredo, a nativist congressman from Colorado, was also in the field, of course, but Tancredo was a crank.
—Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
But Matter scoffed at the idea that the initiative has nativist undertones.
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Coughlin used the new medium of radio in the 1930s to bypass traditional gatekeepers and reach millions of people directly with his nativist, antisemitic and pro-Nazi screeds.
—Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
Today, not only are these conditions under assault by a kleptocratic, nativist US federal government, but the clock seems also to be running out on their own internal contradictions.
—Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026
At the end of the day, all Calvert and Kim are doing is pandering to the nativist base of their party in hopes of getting another two years over in the Swamp.
—Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Eventually, that nativist turn would take America into a series of constitutional crises and to the edge of some American version of fascism.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
At the latter stages of the transition, aging richer countries now require workers from overseas – but are coming up against a nativist backlash.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
In 1942, as the government was forcibly relocating and incarcerating Japanese Americans on the West Coast, a nativist group hoped to revoke the citizenship of Japanese Americans born in the United States.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
Tom Tancredo, a nativist congressman from Colorado, was also in the field, of course, but Tancredo was a crank.
—Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
This undiplomatic tirade went over well in the White House, but marked him as a belligerent nativist abroad and something of an isolationist at home.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nativist
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Driven by the same nativist and xenophobic ideas, the United States adopted the Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924, which ended mass immigration by introducing national-origin quotas designed to favor Northern and Western Europeans and exclude nonwhite immigrants almost entirely.—
M. Gessen,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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South African officials have condemned the protests as xenophobic acts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
Noun
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In fact, the very term anti-Semitism was popularized by Wilhelm Marr, a German nationalist who sought to distinguish his anti-Jewish ideology from the crass bigotry of the common folk by dressing his hate up in pseudoscientific terms.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
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While Washington was private about his Anglican beliefs and a supporter of religious freedom for all faiths, Christian nationalists have been reviving the image, and with it, the claim that the US is an inherently Christian nation at its origin.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Unisphere was a fitting antidote to anti-immigrant hysteria.—
Rob Kenner,
VIBE.com,
8 June 2026
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The facility remains popular among anti-immigrant crusaders, and Attorney General Uthmeier’s campaign store sells Alligator Alcatraz bumper stickers, T-shirts, and caps.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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There really are chauvinists out there.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 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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Popular music wasn't in a particularly patriotic mood either.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 June 2026
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There are parades, ceremonies, patriotic speeches, and countless displays of the Stars and Stripes.—
Joseph Andrew,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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“Nativist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nativist. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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