English to English Dictionary

Native Australian

A member of the Indigenous peoples of Australia, characterized by their unique cultures, languages, and traditions.

Native Land

The country or area where a person was born or has strong cultural ties.

Native plant

A plant species that occurs naturally in a particular region or ecosystem without human introduction.

Native-Tongue

The first language that a person learns at home in childhood.

Native-country

The nation in which a person was born or of which they are a citizen.

Native-speaker judgment

The intuition or evaluation by a native speaker regarding the grammatical acceptability, semantic coherence, or pragmatic appropriateness of an utterance in their mother tongue.

Native-speakerism

An ideology in English language teaching that 'native speakers' represent a 'Western culture' model and are inherently superior teachers and models for international students compared to proficient non-native speakers.

Native-species

An organism that occurs naturally in a particular region, ecosystem, or habitat without human introduction.

Native-status

The condition or legal/social standing of being a native or indigenous inhabitant of a particular country or region.

Natives

People who are born in a particular place or country.

Nativism

A political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.

Nato

An intergovernmental military alliance between North American and European countries.