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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
nativistic is an adjective meaning "advocating the perpetuation of native societies". It carries 2 recorded senses.
advocating the perpetuation of native societies
“the old nativist prejudice against the foreign businessman”
“the nativistic faith preaches the old values”
of or relating to or advocating nativism
“nativist theories”
“the traditional controversy between the nativistic and empiristic theories”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for nativistic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.