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sol⋅i⋅dar⋅i⋅ty
[sol-i-dar-i-tee] 
ɪˈdær
–noun, plural -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. |
Sol⋅i⋅dar⋅i⋅ty
[sol-i-dar-i-tee] –noun
| a Polish organization of independent trade unions founded in 1980: outlawed by the government of Poland in 1982. |
Polish, So⋅li⋅dar⋅ność [saw-lee-dahr-nawshch] .
[saw-lee-dahr-nawshch] .
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| sol·i·dar·i·ty (sŏl'ĭ-dār'ĭ-tē) n. A union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; fellowship of responsibilities and interests: "A downtrodden class ... will never be able to make an effective protest until it achieves solidarity" (H.G. Wells). [French solidarité, from solidaire, interdependent, from Old French, in common, from Latin solidus, solid, whole; see solid.] |
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Solidarity
Sol`i*dar"i*ty\, n. [F. solidarit['e], fr. solide. See Solid.] 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. The solidarity . . . of Breton and Welsh poetry. --M. Arnold.
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Language Translation for : solidarity
Spanish:
solidaridad,
German:
der Zusammenhalt,
Japanese:
団結
Solidarity
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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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 and officially banned Oct. 1982, from Pol. Solidarność.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: sol·i·dar·i·ty
Pronunciation: "sä-l&-'dar-&-tE
Function: noun
in the civil law of Louisiana : the quality or state of being solidary : existence of a solidary obligation
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