identarian

English

Etymology

1970s, apparently as a variant of identitarian.

Adjective

identarian (comparative more identarian, superlative most identarian)

1. Of or pertaining to the formation of identity.
   • 2009, Athina Karatzogianni, Cyber Conflict and Global Politics, page 72:

     These boundaries are both identarian and physical territories in which sovereignty is exercised. The identity component of Westphalian security encompasses both groups and individuals.

   • 2019, Sara M. Kallock, Livable Intersections: Re/Framing Sex Work at the Frontline, page 43:

     Similarly, the proponent of identarian recognition seeks to close herself off from the chaos of inter/ subjective becoming.

   • 2021, Jonathan Tran, Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism, page 3:

     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, Joseph E. David, “Law and Identity”, in Strengthening Human Rights Protections in Geneva, Israel, the West Bank and Beyond, page 224:

     An embrace of both identarian morality and dignitarian constitutionalism need not be an inconsistant position.

See also

• identitarian