nativeness

Definition of Nativeness in English :

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Noun

1. nativeness

the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nativeness

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adjective

1.

relating or belonging to a person or thing by virtue of conditions existing at the time of birth

my native city

2.

inherent, natural, or innate

a native strength

3.

born in a specified place

a native German

4. (when postpositive, foll by to)

originating in a specific place or area

kangaroos are native to Australia

5.

characteristic of or relating to the indigenous inhabitants of a country or area

the native art of the New Guinea Highlands

6.

(of chemical elements, esp metals) found naturally in the elemental form

7.

unadulterated by civilization, artifice, or adornment; natural

8. archaic

related by birth or race

9. computing

(of an application, software, etc) designed to run on a specific platform

10. go native

noun

11. (usually foll by of)

a person born in a particular place

a native of Geneva

12. (usually foll by of)

a species originating in a particular place or area

the kangaroo is a native of Australia

13.

a member of an indigenous people of a country or area, esp a non-White people, as opposed to colonial settlers and immigrants

14. offensive, old-fashioned

any person of a non-White ethnic group

Nativeness

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adjective

1.

inborn or innate rather than acquired

2.

belonging to a locality or country by birth, production, or growth; indigenous

a native Bostonian, native industry, native plants

3.

related to one as, or in connection with, the place of one's birth or origin

one's native land, one's native language

4.

simple; natural; free from affectation

5.

as found in nature; natural and not refined, adorned, or altered by man

6.

occurring in a pure state in nature

native gold

7.

of or characteristic of the natives, or indigenous inhabitants, of a place

8. [N-]

Native American

Native land rights

noun

9.

a person born in the place or country indicated

10.

a.

an original or indigenous inhabitant of a region, as distinguished from an invader, explorer, colonist, etc.

b.

an indigenous plant or animal

11.

a permanent resident, as distinguished from a temporary resident or visitor

Nativeness

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adj.

1.

a. Being such by birth or origin: a native Scot.

b. Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.

c. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants: native dress; the native diet of Polynesia.

d. Being one's own because of the place or circumstances of one's birth: our native land.

2. Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region; indigenous: a plant native to Asia.

3. Occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances: native copper.

4. Existing in or belonging to one by nature; innate: her native intelligence.

5. Natural, unaltered, or unadorned: native beauty.

6. Biochemistry Of or relating to the naturally occurring conformation of a macromolecule, such as a protein.

7. Archaic Closely related, as by birth or race.

n.

1.

a. One born in or connected with a place by birth: a native of Scotland now living in the United States.

b. One of the original inhabitants or lifelong residents of a place.

2. An animal or plant that originated in a particular place or region.

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