Nativism

[neitivizm]

(noun.) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate.

(noun.) the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation).

Typist: Melba--From WordNet

(n.) The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.

(n.) The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.

Editor: Rodney