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  • 11native — noun 1》 a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth.     ↘a local inhabitant. 2》 an animal or plant indigenous to a place. 3》 dated, often offensive a non white original inhabitant of a country as regarded by European… …

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  • 12adopt — Synonyms and related words: Americanize, Anglicize, accept, acculturate, acculturize, admit, affect, affiliate, appropriate, approve, arrogate, assimilate, assume, carry, colonize, confer citizenship, conquer, copy, derive from, domesticate,… …

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  • 13List of trees native to New Zealand — New Zealand s long geological isolation means that most of its flora is unique. There are a wide variety of native trees, adapted to all the various micro climates in New Zealand. The native bush (forest) ranges from the subtropical Kauri forests …

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  • 14Slavery among Native Americans in the United States — Statue representing Sacagawea (ca. 1788–1812), a Lemhi Shoshone who was taken captive by the Hidatsa people and sold to Toussaint Charbonneau[1] Slavery among Native Americans in the United States includes slavery by Native Americans as well as… …

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  • 15Americanization (of Native Americans) — Americanization can refer to the policies of the United States government and public opinion that there is a standard set of cultural values that should be held in common by all citizens. Education was and is viewed as the primary method in the… …

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  • 16Digital native — A digital native is a person who was born during or after the general introduction of digital technology, and through interacting with digital technology from an early age, has a greater understanding of its concepts. Alternatively, this term can …

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  • 17go native — To assimilate oneself to an alien culture or to the way of life of a foreign country (usu less advanced than one s own) • • • Main Entry: ↑go go native see under ↑go1 • • • Main Entry: ↑native * * * go native phrase to start living like local… …

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  • 18go native — verb a) To adopt the lifestyle or outlook of local inhabitants, especially when dwelling in a colonial region; to become less refined under the influence of a less cultured, more primitive, or simpler social environment …

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  • 19go native —    to adopt the prevalent attitudes of an institution    Falling in line with the lifestyle of the indigenous peoples. The phrase is used of politicians whose enthusiasm and fresh ideas are thwarted by bureaucrats:     When a Minister is so house …

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  • 20go native — derogatory (of a person living abroad) adopt the way of life of the country one is living in. → native …

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