relating to or supporting the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants

he has made his nativist beliefs known through his divisive comments about immigrants

relating to or supporting the theory that concepts, mental capacities, and mental structures are innate rather than acquired by learning

individual philosophers typically adopted either a nativist or empiricist position

an advocate or supporter of nativist policies

they have had to fend off suspicion and occasional hostility from nativists who see them as an unwelcome import

a person who advocates the theory that concepts, mental capacities, and mental structures are innate rather than acquired by learning

extreme views were put forward by nativists on the one hand and by empiricists on the other