Word: nativism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: na
tiv
ism
Definition: The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
Morphemes:
Affix: native
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.