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Synonyms for indigenous
ɪnˈdɪdʒ ə nəsin·dige·nous
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indigenousadjective
Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
Synonyms:
autochthonous, aboriginal, native
English Synonyms and Antonyms
indigenous
Native denotes that which belongs to one by birth; natal that which pertains to the event of birth; natural denotes that which rests upon inherent qualities of character or being. We speak of one's native country, or of his natal day; of natural ability, native genius. Compare INHERENT; PRIMEVAL; RADICAL.
Synonyms:
innate, natal, native, natural, originalAntonyms:
acquired, alien, alien, artificial, assumed, foreign, unnatural
Princeton's WordNet
autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenousadjective
originating where it is found
"the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"
Synonyms:
endemical, autochthonous, autochthonic, autochthonal, endemic
Dictionary of English Synonymes
indigenousadjective
Synonyms:
native, not exotic
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "indigenous":
aboriginal, native, indígenas, indígena, aboriginals, original, autochthonous, autochtones, natives, local, origin, autochtone
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#237 | local | |
#691 | original | |
#759 | natural | |
#2290 | native | |
#2518 | origin | |
#6895 | indigenous | |
#7983 | aboriginal | |
#13799 | natal | |
#17850 | natives | |
#23588 | endemic | |
#25535 | innate | |
#73371 | aboriginals | |
#158053 | autochthonous | |
#171702 | autochtones |
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Gerhard Schindler said. But German secret service officials have observed a disturbing new trend that combines the two threats. Radicals already in Germany are increasingly trying to penetrate the shelters that hold desperate and increasingly volatile refugees who made it to Germany. They have to be careful, because indigenous Islamists and Salafists could try to take advantage of the desperation of the refugees and to achieve their fanatical ideas, said Clemens Binninger, a member of Parliament. Much of the fear has been driven by the fact that ISIS has clearly stated its plan to send jihadists to Western Europe amid the refugee wave. Fighters with valid documents from European Union countries can enter and exit without being detected, and ISIS has reportedly seized hundreds of Syrian blank passports. As a result, European jihadists could be returning amid the wave, and fighters from Syria and Iraq could be sneaking into Western Europe under humanitarian cover, where they can slip into society using doctored documents. Assassins of Paris, of Brussels and the train between Paris and Amsterdam were either radicalized European Muslims or European jihadists, returned from the battlefields, they're making contact with the network of political Salafists, which have been previously recruited to ISIS. Turkey, a European Union member which has taken in an estimated 2 million refugees from Syria, blasted European nations for turning away refugees and making the continent a.
I liked the idea they were indigenous people who were fighting against the colonialist rule of Blackbeard, i can understand how it appears from an outside perspective.
Indigenous Peoples are asked to give up their lands for the wind industry, mining, and other purposes to save the world from a crisis mainly created by others.
Indigenous leaders like Chief Raoni are often used as pawns by foreign governments in their media war to advance their interests in the Amazon.
The tweet by the Washington Redskins rings hollow to me. If the team was really interested in standing in solidarity for racial justice, they would change their name from the dictionary-defined racial slur they continue to use. As an indigenous person, I feel their tweet comes off as tone-deaf, not woke. Violence comes in many forms, some more subtle than others. Indigenous Peoples are not your mascots.
Translations for indigenous
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- inheemsAfrikaans
- السكان الأصليينArabic
- indígenaCatalan, Valencian
- indigenGerman
- εγχώριοςGreek
- indiĝenaEsperanto
- nativo, innato, indígena, autóctono, congénitoSpanish
- pärismaineEstonian
- بومیPersian
- alkuperäinen, synnynnäinenFinnish
- indigène, inné, aborigène, congénital, autochtoneFrench
- स्वदेHindi
- innato, congenito, indigenoItalian
- יְלִידִיHebrew
- ಸ್ಥಳೀಯKannada
- aangeboren, oorspronkelijk, autochtoon, ingeboren, inheems, overgeërfdDutch
- macierzysty, miejscowyPolish
- nativo, nato, indígenaPortuguese
- indigen, autohtonRomanian
- аборигенный, врождённый, туземный, прирождённый, автохтонный, природный, местный, кореннойRussian
- urođenSerbo-Croatian
- உள்நாட்டுTamil
- yerliTurkish
- مقامیUrdu
- 土著Chinese
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