Adoptive and Native

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Adoptive

Adoptive adjective - Acquired as your own by free choice.
Usage example: an adoptive country
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Native is an antonym for adoptive.
Nearby Words: adopt, adoption, adopted, adopting, adoptee

Native

Native adjective - Belonging to one by birth.
Usage example: my native land
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Antonyms for Native
Adoptive is an antonym for native.
Nearby Words: nativity, natively
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  • Pretty Fly for a White Guy In The Guild, Tink's adoptive white family try to imitate her native Japanese culture with cringe-worthy results.
    Source: Pretty Fly for a White Guy
  • The eponymous half-Native American character is chased off his adoptive father's land by evil racist white folks.
    Source: Fair for Its Day
  • Ordinary High-School Student: Suzaku is ordinary high school student making average grades who ends up time-travelling in his adoptive father’s time machine and ends up as an Ace Pilot for the Evil Empire warring with his native people.
    Source: Fan Fic / My Mirror, Sword and Shield
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