Nationalistic and Nativist

Nationalistic

Nationalistic adjective - Having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country.
Usage example: a nationalistic economic policy that raises up enormous barriers against the importation of goods from other countries

Nativist and nationalistic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nativist" instead an adjective "Nationalistic".

Nativist

Nativist adjective - Advocating the perpetuation of native societies.
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Nationalistic and nativist are semantically related. You can use "Nationalistic" instead an adjective "Nativist".
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