card-carrying

adjective

card-car·​ry·​ing ˈkärd-ˌker-ē-iŋ 

-ˌka-rē-iŋ

1

: being a full-fledged member of an organization (such as a Communist party)

2

a

: strongly identified with a group (as of people with a common interest)

card-carrying members of the ecology movement

—R. J. Neuhaus

b

: being such emphatically or unmistakably

a card-carrying hippie

Word History

Etymology

from the assumption that such a person carries an identification card

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for card-carrying

• carrying