Meaning of nativist

(adj) advocating the perpetuation of native societies; "the old nativist prejudice against the foreign businessman"; "the nativistic faith preaches the old values"- C.K.Kluckhohn

of or relating to or advocating nativism; "nativist theories"; "the traditional controversy between the nativistic and empiristic theories"

(noun) a philosopher who subscribes to nativism