identity politics

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. political activity or movements based on or catering to the cultural, ethnic, gender, racial, religious, or social interests that characterize a group identity.

Example Sentences

Lucas has said she is attacking the identity politics she believes has permeated workplaces and the broader culture.

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A “conservatism” that plays footsie—or worse—with antisemitism and white identity politics, and those who traffic them, doesn’t merit the name.

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In case you think Democratic progressives have shed their identity politics obsessions, let’s check in with Katie Wilson, mayor-elect of the Woke Republic of Seattle.

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Appeared in the November 18, 2025, print edition as 'Identity Politics, Seattle Edition'.

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The worst damage to our “common community” owes to the identity politics pressed by the political left, which includes hostility to America’s founding principles.

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