nativism

English

noun
Definitions
  • (chiefly) A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
  • The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
  • (philosophy) The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
  • (linguistics) A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.

Etymology

Suffix from English native root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵenh₁-

Gloss

produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

産

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