English
identitarian
From identity + -arian, coined 1943 by Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, from the 1970s onward reinforced by French identitaire, especially after the use of the term ensembliste-identitaire by Cornelius Castoriadis.
Formed from identity + -arian
Latin idem ‘the same’
Late Latin idemptitās
Middle French identité
Middle English ydemptite
English identity
The story
From identity + -arian, coined 1943 by Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, from the 1970s onward reinforced by French identitaire, especially after the use of the term ensembliste-identitaire by Cornelius Castoriadis.
Today it means
adj Based on a notion of group identity; relating to the ideology of identitarianism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / identitarian