Question

What term describes the belief that current inhabitants of an area are better than incoming immigrants?

Answer 1

I don't know how to answer without telling you the answer because it's a vocabulary question. Nativism is where native inhabitants are believed to be superior as compared to incoming immigrants.

Answer 2

The term that is most applied to people who believe that the current inhabitants of an area are better than incoming immigrants is "nativists". There have always been nativists in every country.