"identitarianism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: identitarianisms [plural]
Etymology: From identitarian + -ism, 1943. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|identitarian|ism}} identitarian + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} identitarianism (countable and uncountable, plural identitarianisms)
  1. (sociology) Politics based on social identity. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sociology
    Sense id: en-identitarianism-en-noun-qBuNB-2c Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
  2. (sociology) Politics based on social identity.
    (sociology, politics, often capitalized) A far-right political movement and philosophy that seeks to preserve European ethnic and cultural identity against the perceived threats of immigration, Islam, and globalization.
    Tags: capitalized, countable, often, uncountable Categories (topical): Politics, Sociology Translations (Translations): identitarisme [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-identitarianism-en-noun-S7cbk9wO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 57 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 25 56 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 72 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 68 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 65 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 63 16 Topics: government, human-sciences, politics, sciences, social-science, sociology Disambiguation of 'Translations': 10 68 23
  3. (psychology) The set of ideas arising from an ontology of identity. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-identitarianism-en-noun-1YoH8H0c Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: identity politics

Inflected forms

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