Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Unity of purpose, interest, or sympathy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Mutual responsibility existing between two or more persons; communion of interests and responsibilities.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An entire union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities; fellowship; community.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable A
bond ofunity between individuals, united around acommon goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines thelabor movement. - noun uncountable Willingness to give psychological and/or material
support when another person is in a difficult position or needs affection.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As the remaining dedicated participants continue to fight for the survival of the movement, now, more than ever, the term solidarity is ever-present in the forefront of all of our minds.
Brandi Williams and Nick Snoux: From Occupy Wall Street to Durkheim: What Is Solidarity? Brandi Williams 2012
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As the remaining dedicated participants continue to fight for the survival of the movement, now, more than ever, the term solidarity is ever-present in the forefront of all of our minds.
Brandi Williams and Nick Snoux: From Occupy Wall Street to Durkheim: What Is Solidarity? Brandi Williams 2012
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As the remaining dedicated participants continue to fight for the survival of the movement, now, more than ever, the term solidarity is ever-present in the forefront of all of our minds.
Brandi Williams and Nick Snoux: From Occupy Wall Street to Durkheim: What Is Solidarity? Brandi Williams 2012
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As the remaining dedicated participants continue to fight for the survival of the movement, now, more than ever, the term solidarity is ever-present in the forefront of all of our minds.
Brandi Williams and Nick Snoux: From Occupy Wall Street to Durkheim: What Is Solidarity? Brandi Williams 2012
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But the power and faith and good will of that crowd, and all of us watching in solidarity, is what is transforming this country.
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Accompanied by a group of officials from his government, Kiir paid tribute to what he described as the solidarity between the African-American caucus and the people of South Sudan.
Kiir Says the North Has Not Made Unity Attractive to Southerners 2010
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Forman said that the SWU emphasizes what it calls solidarity unionism—that is, the idea that workers are most powerful where the bosses need us most: on the shop floor.
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Forman said that the SWU emphasizes what it calls solidarity unionism—that is, the idea that workers are most powerful where the bosses need us most: on the shop floor.
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Charlie Hebdo, long known for its rabidly anti-clerical and anti-establishment bent, republished many of those cartoons in what it called solidarity in the face of threats to free expression.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SUSAN SACHS 2011
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Hours later, Venezuela's president, in what he called a solidarity move, ordered the U.S. ambassador in Caracas to leave the country.
RutlandHerald.com 2008
chained_bear commented on the word solidarity
"And whatever its shortcomings as a means to social change, protest movements keep reinventing carnival. ... The media often deride the carnival spirit of such protests, as if it were a self-indulgent distraction from the serious political point. But seasoned organizers know that gratification cannot be deferred until after 'the revolution.' ... People must find, in their movement, the immediate joy of solidarity, if only because, in the face of overwhelming state and corporate power, solidarity is their sole source of strength."
—Barbara Ehrenreich, Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy (New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2006), 259
March 18, 2009