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solidarność

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Sol⋅i⋅dar⋅i⋅ty

  [sol-i-dar-i-tee]
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–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] .
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Cultural Dictionary

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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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 and officially banned Oct. 1982, from Pol. Solidarność.
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Legal Dictionary

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 solidarity>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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