To understand just how rare, look back into history to, say, the Johnson Act of 1924. Its national-origins quota system reverberated with nativism and racism.
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Nativism
Synonyms for "nativism" (2 found)
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Finnish
1 entries- nativismi noun (Translations)
French
1 entries- nativisme noun (Translations)
German
1 entries- Nativismus noun (Translations)
Greek
1 entries- νατιβισμός noun (Translations)
Portuguese
1 entries- nativismo noun (Translations)
Russian
1 entries- нативи́зм noun (Translations)
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If there is to be another iteration of a Trump presidency, or a successful campaign by one of his acolytes, the scientific denial may be dialed down somewhat while retaining the reflex nativism.
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They were targeted by a virulent strain of nativism toward those from Southern and Eastern Europe that was largely about race.
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The Columbian Exchange was proof like no other of how, when it comes to food, so often the venue of our greatest nativisms, we, as human beings, easily slip the ties of belonging.
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