Indigenist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who supports indigenous people or beliefs.
"Thus, the political skills displayed by the Yshiro leaders, even when seen by radical indigenists as stemming from hunting—gathering skills, appeared as a possible index of inauthenticity to the extent that they seem to alter the egalitarianism of hunter-gatherer societies."
- 1 Supporting indigenous people or beliefs.
"The nationalist and indigenist positions often overlap, and both nationalists and indigenists tend to see themselves as apart from and in opposition to the cosmopolitans"
Synonyms
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More examples"The nationalist and indigenist positions often overlap, and both nationalists and indigenists tend to see themselves as apart from and in opposition to the cosmopolitans"
Etymology
From indigenous + -ist.
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