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Webster 1913 Edition
Solidarity
Solˊi-dar′i-ty
,Noun.
An entire union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities; fellowship; community.
Solidarity
[a word which we owe to the French Communists], signifies a fellowship in gain and loss, in honor and dishonor, in victory and defeat, a being, so to speak, all in the same boat. Trench.
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. . . of Breton and Welsh poetry. M. Arnold.
Definition 2025
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English
Noun
solidarity (countable and uncountable, plural solidarities)
- (countable) A bond of unity or agreement between individuals, united around a common goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines the labor movement; mutual support within a group.
- A long time union member himself, Phil showed solidarity with the picketing grocery store workers by shopping at a competing, unionized store.
- (uncountable) Willingness to give psychological and/or material support when another person is in a difficult position or needs affection.
- Only the solidarity provided by her siblings allowed Margaret to cope with her mother's harrowing death.
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Translations
unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
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psychological or material support
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