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Recent Examples of nativist
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
The wave of arrivals that began in the last decades of the 19th century sparked a range of nativist and exclusionary movements—particularly against East Asians—and considerable anxiety about those deemed too alien to integrate into the culture.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
As in America, nativist anxieties have accelerated a reactionary political movement.
—Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
For a local political aspirant seeking to burnish her nativist credentials, the chance to trigger an international incident was apparently irresistible.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 18 Jan. 2026
Its rise is partly due to its strong, virulently nativist campaign against immigrants, calling for mass deportation.
—Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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
The wave of arrivals that began in the last decades of the 19th century sparked a range of nativist and exclusionary movements—particularly against East Asians—and considerable anxiety about those deemed too alien to integrate into the culture.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
As in America, nativist anxieties have accelerated a reactionary political movement.
—Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
For a local political aspirant seeking to burnish her nativist credentials, the chance to trigger an international incident was apparently irresistible.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 18 Jan. 2026
Its rise is partly due to its strong, virulently nativist campaign against immigrants, calling for mass deportation.
—Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
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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Nossiter said Guinea is also sensitive to the possibility that the pilots’ case could get amplified publicly by anti-Western nationalists in the country who might frame it as a sovereignty violation at a moment when Conakry is already wary of internal dissent.—
Adrian Elimian,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Treaty of Trianon looms large in the imagination of Hungarian nationalists.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Following the song, the stadium announcer requested fans not use racist, homophobic or xenophobic chants, with a similar message displayed on a big screen in the ground.—
Luke Bosher,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Following the outbreak of COVID-19, bias incidents and assaults against Asian Americans soared to alarming heights as demagogues on the streets and in high office inflamed xenophobic fear and animosity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 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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In his remarks at the event, Alvarez said that there is a resurgence of anti-immigrant assaults being seen in the country.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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But the more familiar two-thirds advantage for the Democratic Party returned following passage of Proposition 187, a 1994 anti-immigrant initiative in California that ultimately mobilized Latinos against Republicans.—
Gary M. Segura,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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The patriotic ethos of Cold War–era public schools reinforced his sense of American ideals.—
Peter S. Canellos,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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These patriotic pops require fresh lemon and lime juice to create every layer.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Nativist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nativist. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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