Latinidad is a Spanish-language term that refers to the various attributes shared by Latin American people and their descendants without reducing those similarities to any single essential trait.
As a social construct, latinidad references "a particular geopolitical experience but it also contains within it the complexities and contradictions of immigration, (post)(neo)colonialism, race, color, legal status, class, nation, language and the politics of location.
"[2] As a theoretical concept, latinidad is a useful way to discuss amalgamations of Latin American cultures and communities outside of any singular national frame.
[3] Latinidad also names the result of forging a shared cultural identity out of disparate elements in order to wield political and social power through pan-Latino solidarity.
[5][6] David Román and Alberto Sandoval use the term to examine and critique the "organic understanding and appreciation of all things Latino".