Dictionary

identarian en · ADJ

Etymology

1970s, apparently as a variant of identitarian.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to the formation of identity.
   • Identarian antiracists can afford to look past the problems and remain agnostic on the metaphysical questions because they are most concerned with the problematic political questions. 2021, Jonathan Tran, Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism, page 3:
   • An embrace of both identarian morality and dignitarian constitutionalism need not be an inconsistant position. 2021, Joseph E. David, “Law and Identity”, in Strengthening Human Rights Protections in Geneva, Israel, the West Bank and Beyond, page 224:
   • These boundaries are both identarian and physical territories in which sovereignty is exercised. The identity component of Westphalian security encompasses both groups and individuals. 2009, Athina Karatzogianni, Cyber Conflict and Global Politics, page 72:
   • Similarly, the proponent of identarian recognition seeks to close herself off from the chaos of inter/ subjective becoming. 2019, Sara M. Kallock, Livable Intersections: Re/Framing Sex Work at the Frontline, page 43:

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identitarian