plural of nativism

(linguistics) The process whereby a language acquires native speakers.

(Christianity) The birth of Jesus as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. / (by extension) Christmas.

(now dated) Someone's birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth. / (astrology) Someone's birth considered as a means of astrology; a horoscope associated with a person's birth.

(chiefly US) A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants. / The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.

(transitive) To make native; to incorporate into native culture.

simple past tense and past participle of nativize

present participle of nativize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nativize

past participle of go native