identarian

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English

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Etymology

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1970s, apparently as a variant of identitarian.

Adjective

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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.

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