Origin: Greek suffix -ist
Nativist has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
a philosopher who subscribes to nativism
An advocate of nativism.
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"