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).
ETYMOLOGY:
French solidarité, from solidaire, interdependent, from Old French, in common, from Latin solidus, solid, whole. See solid.
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