Phrase guide

identity politics

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings, such as ethnicity, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: government, politics

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Synonyms: identitarian politics

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 身份政治 (shēnfèn zhèngzhì) — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Danish: identitetspolitik — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Dutch: identiteitspolitiek — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Esperanto: identeca politiko — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Esperanto: identec-politiko — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Esperanto: politiko de identeco — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Finnish: identiteettipolitiikka — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • French: politique identitaire — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • German: Identitätspolitik — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • German: Gruppeninteressenpolitik — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Icelandic: merkimiðapólitík — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Indonesian: politik identitas — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Norwegian Bokmål: identitetspolitikk — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: identitetspolitikk — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Polish: polityka tożsamości — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Slovene: politika identitete — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Spanish: política identitaria — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Swedish: identitetspolitik — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Thai: การเมืองเรื่องอัตลักษณ์ — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Thai: การเมืองอัตลักษณ์ — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings
  • Vietnamese: chính trị bản sắc — politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings