nativistic

adjective

Definition of nativisticnext
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  1. nativist
  2. xenophobic
  3. patriotic
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
Definition of nativist
Adjective
  • Latinos have been not only frequent targets of nativism and xenophobic violence but also supporters — regularly enforcers — of it.
    — Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Published a year after the start of the Iraq War, Foer’s rosy look at globalization was already passé as the US took on a more aggressive, hostile, and xenophobic posture to the rest of the world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Definition of xenophobic
Adjective
  • The drug’s relative obscurity has allowed its champions to shake off the baggage of the nineteen-sixties, and to position its use, not as hippie hedonism but as a medical intervention compatible with patriotic duty and Christian faith.
    — Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Star sprinkles capped off the red, white and blue patriotic effect.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
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“Nativistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nativistic. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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