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Nativism
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.
(2):
(n.) The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Nativism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/n/nativism.html. 1828.