solidarity
/ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ə.ti//ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ə.ti/
solidarity noun: 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.
Noun
solidarity (countable and uncountable, plural solidarities)
- 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.
- 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.2012, Francesca Valensise, From Building Fabric to City Form: Reconstruction in Calabria at end of Eighteenth Century, Gangemi Editore spa, →ISBN, page 8
- Willingness to support another person in a difficult position or needs affection.
- Only the solidarity provided by her siblings allowed Margaret to cope with her mother's harrowing death.
Proper noun capitalized: Solidarity
Solidarity
solidarity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
solidarity in Hindi
- unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
- एकता ektā, ऐक्यभाव aikyabhāv, एकजुटता ekjuṭtā
solidarity in Tamil
- கூட்டு ஒருமைப்பாடு, கூட்டுப்பொறுப்புணர்வு, கூட்டொருமை, கட்டுக்கோப்பு, கூட்டுணர்வு, கூட்டுச்செயல்பாடு
solidarity in Urdu
- unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
- یَک جِہَتی yak jehatī, یَگانْگَت yagāngat
solidarity in Bengali
- সংহতি, একাত্মতা
More languagesFewer languages
- solidarity in Telugu
- సంఘీభావం, సంఘీభావము, సంఘీభావభావం
- solidarity in Malayalam
- ഐകമത്യം aikamatyaṁ
- solidarity in Kannada
- ಒಗ್ಗಟ್ಟು, ಐಕ್ಯತೆ, ಐಕಮತ್ಯ, ಏಕತೆ
- solidarity in Punjabi
- ਇਕਜੁੱਟਤਾ, ਇੱਕਜੁੱਟਤਾ
- solidarity in Gujarati
- એકજૂથતા
- solidarity in Tagalog
- kaisahan, pakikiisa
- solidarity in Arabic
- تَضَامُن taḍāmun
- solidarity in Malay
- setiakawan, sokongan, solidariti
- solidarity in Indonesian
- kekompakan, kesetiakawanan, dukungan, solidaritas
- solidarity in Persian
- همبستگی ham-bastegi
- solidarity in Thai
- ความสามัคคี kwaam-sǎa-mák-kii
- solidarity in Vietnamese
- sự liên đới, tình đoàn kết
- solidarity in Myanmar
- စည်းလုံးညီညွတ်မှု cany:lum:nyi-nywathmu.
Examples of solidarity in a sentence
- A few supporters even wore mankinis of their own in solidarity.
- In January, workers at Google formed a solidarity union in affiliation with CWA.
- We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity.
Forms of solidarity
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Origin of solidarity
By surface analysis, from English solidary + -ity, or from French solidarité (“solidarity”), from solidaire (“characterized by solidarity”), from Latin solidum (“whole sum”), neuter of solidus (“solid”).
Words formed from solidarity
Questions about solidarity
- What does solidarity mean?
- Solidarity means 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.
- What is solidarity in Hindi?
- Solidarity in Hindi is एकता (ektā), ऐक्यभाव (aikyabhāv), एकजुटता (ekjuṭtā). See Solidarity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is solidarity?
- Solidarity can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce solidarity?
- Solidarity is pronounced /ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ə.ti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of solidarity?
- The plural of solidarity is solidarities.
Words near solidarity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: solidarity (page history and authors); Solidarity (page history and authors); solidarity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); solidarity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); solidarity (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); solidarity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); solidarity (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); solidarity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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