I. -_və̇st noun
( -s )
Etymology: native (I) + -ist
: one that believes in or advocates nativism
a bigoted nativist who published feverish anti-immigration and anti-Catholic tracts — Marshall Davidson
II. adjective
1. : of, having the characteristics of, or supporting political nativism
the die-hard Know-Nothings … were both nativist and proslavery — M.M.Hunt
old nativist prejudice against the … foreign businessman — Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican
2. : of, relating to, or composed of nativists
nativist rural audiences in the south — W.G.Carleton