solidarity

See also: Solidarity

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French solidarité (“solidarity”), from solidaire (“characterized by solidarity”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin solidum (“whole sum”), neuter of solidus (“solid”).

Noun

solidarity (countable and uncountable, plural solidarities)

1. (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.

   • 2012, Francesca Valensise, From Building Fabric to City Form: Reconstruction in Calabria at end of Eighteenth Century‎^[1], Gangemi Editore spa, →ISBN, page 8:

     As a matter of fact the Enlightment culture was based on a philosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom.

2. (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.

Related terms

• solid
• solidary
• solidus

Translations

unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy

• Arabic: تَضَامُن m (taḍāmun)
• Armenian: համերաշխություն (hy) (hamerašxutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: həmrəylik
• Belarusian: саліда́рнасць f (salidárnascʹ)
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: tiwizi f

• Bulgarian: солида́рност (bg) f (solidárnost)
• Catalan: solidaritat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 團結／团结 (zh) (tuánjié), 团结 (zh) (tuánjié)

• Czech: solidarita (cs) f
• Danish: solidaritet (da) c
• Dutch: solidariteit (nl)
• Estonian: solidaarsus
• Finnish: solidaarisuus (fi)
• French: solidarité (fr) f
• Galician: solidariedade (gl) f
• Georgian: სოლიდარობა (solidaroba)
• German: Solidarität (de) f
• Greek: αλληλεγγύη (el) f (allilengýi), συναδελφικότητα (el) f (synadelfikótita)
• Hindi: एकता (hi) f (ektā)
• Hungarian: szolidaritás (hu)
• Indonesian: solidaritas (id)
• Italian: solidarietà (it) f
• Japanese: 連帯 (ja) (れんたい, rentai)
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• Korean: 연대 (yeondae)
• Latvian: solidaritāte f
• Lithuanian: solidarumas m
• Macedonian: солидарност f (solidarnost)
• Maltese: solidarjetà f
• Navajo: łaʼ ídlį́
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: solidaritet m

• Occitan: solidaritat (oc) f
• Polish: solidarność (pl) f
• Portuguese: solidariedade (pt) f
• Romanian: solidaritate (ro) f
• Russian: солида́рность (ru) f (solidárnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: солида́рно̄ст f

  Roman: solidárnōst (sh) f

• Slovak: solidarita f
• Slovene: solidarnost f
• Spanish: solidaridad (es) f
• Swedish: solidaritet (sv) c
• Turkish: dayanışma (tr)
• Ukrainian: соліда́рність f (solidárnistʹ)
• Vietnamese: sự liên đới (vi)
• Yiddish: סאָלידאַרישקײַט (solidarishkayt)
• Zulu: ubuntu class 14

psychological or material support

• Catalan: solidaritat (ca) f
• Czech: solidarita (cs) f
• Danish: solidaritet (da) c
• Dutch: solidariteit (nl)
• Finnish: tuki (fi)
• French: solidarité (fr) f
• German: Solidarität (de) f, Unterstützung (de) f
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• Greek: αλληλεγγύη (el) f (allilengýi)
• Italian: solidarietà (it) f
• Polish: solidarność (pl) f
• Portuguese: solidariedade (pt) f
• Spanish: solidaridad (es) f

Further reading

• “solidarity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “solidarity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “solidarity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.