Synonyms of nativist

nativist 1 of 2

adjective

as in nativistic

Related Words

• nativistic
• xenophobic
• anti-immigrant
• patriotic
• anti-foreign
• loyal
• nationalist
• jingoist
• jingoistic
• chauvinist
• chauvinistic
• nationalistic
• spread-eagle
• superpatriotic

Dissimilar Words

• internationalist

nativist

2 of 2

noun

as in nationalist

Related Words

• nationalist
• chauvinist
• patriot
• loyalist
• jingo
• flag-waver
• superpatriot
• hawk
• warmonger

Dissimilar Words

• internationalist
• neutralist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nativist

Adjective

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has taken unfair flak from nativist elements of the MAGA base. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2026

The tension between the need for new workers and resurgent nativist politics will influence who comes, who settles and who is counted among the ancestors of future generations. — Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026

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

Was this restrictive definition not akin to the nativist rhetoric coming from the right? — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 June 2026

But Matter scoffed at the idea that the initiative has nativist undertones. — Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 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

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