1. policy of favoring indigenous inhabitants: a policy, especially in the United States, of favoring the interests of the indigenous inhabitants of a country over those of immigrants
2. policy of reaffirming indigenous culture: a policy of protecting and celebrating traditional cultures
3. philosophical doctrine of innate ideas: the belief that the mind possesses some ideas that are inborn and not derived from external sources
4. psychological theory of personality: in psychology, a theory claiming that personality and behavior are determined from within, not externally
