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idpol

idpol is the abbreviation of identity politics.

Meaning of identity politics

Noun

identity politics (uncountable)

  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.
    • Both of you spoke from a perspective that some have called identity politics. This approach began as a way for black women to create space for themselves in feminist and black movements by asserting their identity. It has evolved into a framework that recognizes difference but builds barriers...1985 August 24, Paulla Ebron, Myrna James, Helen Moores, Rachel Tallen, Frances White, Elise Young, “Confronting Racism and Anti-Semitism”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 7, page 4
    Synonyms:
    identitarian politics

Noun (1) capitalized: IDPOL

IDPOL (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of idpol.

Noun (2) capitalized: IdPol

IdPol (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of idpol.

Forms of idpol

alternative formIDPOL
alternative formIdPol

Questions about idpol

What is idpol the abbreviation of?
Idpol is the abbreviation of identity politics.
What part of speech is idpol?
Idpol is a noun.

Words near idpol in the dictionary

  1. Idowus
  2. idoxifene
  3. idoxuridine
  4. IDP
  5. IDPF
  6. idpol
  7. IDPs
  8. IDR
  9. idrapril
  10. IDRC
  11. Idrees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: idpol (page history and authors); IDPOL (page history and authors); IdPol (page history and authors); identity politics (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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