Lexic.us

Definition of Solidarity

1. Noun. A union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group.

Definition of Solidarity

1. n. An entire union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities; fellowship; community.

Definition of Solidarity

1. Proper noun. A political movement begun in the labor unions of Poland that contributed to the fall of Communism in that country. ¹

2. Noun. A bond of unity between individuals, united around a common goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines the labor movement. ¹

3. Noun. Willingness to give psychological and/or material support when another person is in a difficult position or needs affection. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Solidarity

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Solidarity

Literary usage of Solidarity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern French Legal Philosophy by Alfred Fouillée, Alfred Jules Emile Fouillee (1916)
"CHAPTER IX1 SOCIAL solidarity DEFINITION OF solidarity —THE INDIVIDUAL: (1) THE ... The word "solidarity" is to-day singularly abused. There is not a book, ..."

2. Principles of Political Economy by Charles Gide (1903)
"In France, it has generally advocated the doctrine of social solidarity, ... THE DOCTRINE OF solidarity In this rapid review we cannot omit a school which ..."

3. The Psychology of Socialism by Gustave Le Bon (1899)
"CHAPTER IV THE SOCIAL solidarity i. Social solidarity and charity:—The fundamental difference between the two—Charity is an anti-social and harmful ..."

4. Russian Sociology: A Contribution to the History of Sociological Thought and by Julius Friedrich Hecker (1915)
"First we will attempt to show how, according to Lavrov, solidarity arises. How solidarity arises. According to Lavrov, the study of the behavior of lower ..."

5. The Individual and Society: Or, Psychology and Sociology by James Mark Baldwin (1911)
"Considered as a sociological concept, solidarity is an affair of the mutual ... Both of these aspects of solidarity will concern us; and this con- *Parts of ..."

6. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; Monograph of an Immigrant Group by William Isaac Thomas, Florian Znaniecki (1918)
"Or it may happen that the group learns of some real or imaginary break of solidarity on the part of the absent member and repudiates him. ..."

7. Anglo-Saxon Superiority: to what it is Due: ("A Quoi Tient la Supériorité by Edmond Demolins (1899)
"THE FRENCHMAN'S AND THE ANGLO-SAXON'S RESPECTIVE NOTIONS OF solidarity ARE DIFFERENT. THE theory of the solidarity of mankind is fashionable just now in ..."

8. The Progress of Continental Law in the Nineteenth Century by John Henry Wigmore, Edwin Montefiore Borchard, Frederick Pollock (1918)
"solidarity, or Social Interdependence, and the Rule of Law. ... They are found in what is called social solidarity, a word that has by its abuse been the ..."

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