identity politics

American  

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.

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Example Sentences

But much as I admired the playwright’s ingenious examination of identity politics through the looking glass of farce, I never quite succumbed to the comedy’s demented logic.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

This is not about identity politics but ennui: Even minuscule choices, like what socks to wear, are part of a larger cultural self-definition and viral conversation.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2024

Rather, the key to overcoming the malaises of alienation is about changing the social conditions or epidemiology of this alienation and moving societies beyond common indignities, gross inequities, and identity politics.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2024

“We all, at some stage in a utopia, want to get past identity politics to this universalism,” Venables said.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Becoming a doctor had really been my parents’ dream, not mine, and now I was ready to deep-dive into my own identity politics, from race to religion.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad