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

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

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

plural of nativity

plural of nativism

simple past tense and past participle of nativize

present participle of nativize

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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nativize

A member of some Indigenous peoples of the Americas.