What is Freemasonry? Please elaborate on who or what the Freemasons are. Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.
Definition: Nativism is an irrational prejudice against immigrants, and in favor of the native-born members of a particular culture. It is often associated with racism in that the targets of nativism typically belong to a different ethnic group than the perpetrators.
Positivism is the belief that human knowledge is produced by the scientific interpretation of observational data. The approach has been an ongoing theme in the history of western thought from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. The term was used in the early 19th century by the philosopher and founding sociologist, Auguste Comte.