Native
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The term "native" can have many different social and political connotations in different contexts. In some cases it is a neutral, descriptive term, for example, when stating that one is a native of a particular city or that a certain language is one's native language. However, in the context of colonialism—in particular, British colonialism—the term "natives", as applied to the inhabitants of colonies, assumed a disparaging and patronising sense, implying that the people concerned were incapable of taking care of themselves and in need of Europeans to administer their lives; therefore, these people resent the use of the term and consider it insulting, and at present English speakers usually avoid using it.
"Native" may also refer to:
Nationality and language
- Native language and Native speaker (as opposed to foreign language and non-Native speaker)
- Native-born citizen (as opposed to foreign born)
- Indigenous peoples, people, communities, and nations who claim a historical continuity and cultural affinity with societies endemic to their original territories
Ecology
See also
- Native API
- Native Speaker, a book by Pee Lee
- Native Language Music, a record label
- Indigenous (ecology), species present by nature, not introduced
- Indigenous peoples, sometimes referred to as "natives"
- Nativism (disambiguation)
