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noun, plural sol·i·dar·i·ties.
1.
union or fellowship arising from common responsibilities and interests, as between members of a group or between classes, peoples, etc.: to promote solidarity among union members.
2.
community of feelings, purposes, etc.
3.
community of responsibilities and interests.
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Solidarity
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a Polish organization of independent trade unions founded in 1980: outlawed by the government of Poland in 1982.
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Word Origin & History
solidarity
1841, from Fr. solidarité "mutual responsibility," a coinage of the "Encyclopédie" (1765), from solidaire "interdependent, complete, entire," from solide (see solid). With a capital S-, the name of an independent trade union movement in Poland, formed Sept. 1980
EXPANDand officially banned Oct. 1982, from Pol. Solidarność.
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Solidarity definition
A labor union in Poland, independent of the government and of the Polish Communist party, that grew to a membership of several million in the early 1980s. Led by Lech Walesa, Solidarity pushed for many reforms and played a major part in the ouster of communism in Poland and its replacement by a multiparty, democratic government. The movement's influence began to decline in the 1990s.
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