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indigenists

indigenists is the plural of indigenist.

Meaning of indigenist

Noun

indigenist (plural indigenists)

  1. A person who supports indigenous people or beliefs.
    • Thus, the political skills displayed by the Yshiro leaders, even when seen by radical indigenists as stemming from hunting—gathering skills, appeared as a possible index of inauthenticity to the extent that they seem to alter the egalitarianism of hunter-gatherer societies.2004, Mario Blaser, Harvey A. Feit, Glenn McRae, In the Way of Development: Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization, IDRC, →ISBN, page 66

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Questions about indigenists

What is indigenists the plural of?
Indigenists is the plural of indigenist.

Words near indigenists in the dictionary

  1. indigenism
  2. indigenismo
  3. indigenisms
  4. indigenist
  5. indigenistic
  6. indigenists
  7. indigenity
  8. indigenization
  9. indigenizations
  10. indigenize
  11. indigenized

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