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Recent Examples of nativist
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
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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For decades, Chinese nationalists decried the inability of their leadership to stand up to other world powers.—
Kerry Brown,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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Born in 1841, Longo’s upbringing by devout Catholic parents took place as the church faced pushback from Italian nationalists, as noted by Catholic News Agency.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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They’ve been folded into xenophobic and antisemitic edits pining for an Aryan ethnostate.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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Social media has also been flooded with racist and xenophobic comments, especially about Indians, amid fears that an influx of foreigners could erode national identity in China, where the population has fallen for the past three consecutive years.—
Peter Guo,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 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
Adjective
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Convicting the killer is of paramount importance to Sheriff John Parano (George Lionel Savage) and the staunchly anti-immigrant base that voted him into office for the last four decades.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
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Mamdani, who was born in Uganda and became a naturalized American citizen after graduating from college, cast himself as the embodiment of the resistance against the president, who has pursued an aggressive, anti-immigrant agenda during his second term.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Yet, Longfellow, at the dawn of the Civil War, wrote of Revere’s journey as a call to arms, a rallying cry aimed at stirring patriotic sentiment among Northerners and a reminder that action by a single individual can matter.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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From Independence Day to Flag Day, the United States observes numerous patriotic holidays each year.—
Hector Amezcua,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Nativist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nativist. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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