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The ideology of the former Native American Party, characterized by right-wing nationalism and hostility towards immigrants and Roman Catholics.
(advocacy of) the principles of the Free Soil Party; (sometimes more generally) opposition to slavery.
U.S. Originally: the political doctrine of the Know-Nothings (see know-nothing, n. 2); support for the Know-Nothings or their policies (now historical…