Na″tiv‐ism (?), n. 1. The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.
2. (Philos.) The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Na″tiv‐ism (?), n. 1. The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.
2. (Philos.) The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.