Look up: solidarity

1. solidarity
   [Noun] Being united through common interests.
   Example: The miners showed great solidarity during the strike and helped each other through difficult times.
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2. Solidarity
   For Durkheim, the internal forces of social cohesion. More generally, a term often used by the left to describe the political consciousness of an emerging class struggling against oppression – e.g. working-class solidarity.
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3. solidarity
   [n] - a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group
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4. Solidarity
   National confederation of independent trade unions in Poland, formed under the leadership of Lech Wa&lsla;&ecedil;sa September 1980. An illegal organization from 1981 to 1989, it was then elected to...
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5. Solidarity
   Sol`i·dar'i·ty noun [ French solidarité , from solide . See Solid .] An entire union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities; fellowship; community. « Solidarity [ a word which we owe to the French Communi...
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6. solidarity
   noun a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group
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7. Solidarity
   • (n.) An entire union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities; fellowship; community.
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8. Solidarity
   Solidarity, Polish independent trade union federation formed in Sept., 1980. Led by Lech Wałęsa, it grew rapidly in size and political power and soon posed a threat to Poland's Communist government by its sponsorship of labor strikes and other forms of public protest. Rural Solidarity, a...
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9. Solidarity
   National confederation of independent trade unions in Poland, formed under the leadership of Lech Walesa September 1980. An illegal organization from 1981 to 1989, it then headed a coalition government following elections that year. Divisions soon emerged in the leadership and in 1990 its political ...
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10. Solidarity
    (Polish trade union) `Solidarity` (, pronounced ; full name: `Independent Self-governing Trade Union "Solidarity"` — Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność" ) is a Polish trade union federation that emerged on August 31, 1980 a...
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11. Solidarity
    (newspaper) `Solidarity` is a socialist newspaper published by the Alliance for Workers` Liberty (AWL). The paper was founded as a monthly in the mid-1990s, as Action for Health and Welfare, by the Welfare State Network (WSN), a campaign supported by the AWL, the International S...
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12. Solidarity
    (U.S.) In left-wing politics in the United States, `Solidarity` is a socialist organization associated with the journal Against the Current. Solidarity is an organizational descendant of International Socialists, a Trotskyist organization based on the proposition that the Soviet Union ...
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13. Solidarity
    (UK) `Solidarity` was a small libertarian socialist organisation from 1960 to 1992 in the United Kingdom. It published a magazine of the same name. Solidarity was close to council communism in its prescriptions and was known for its emphasis on workers` self-organisation and for its radical a...
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14. Solidarity
    `Solidarity` is the integration, and degree and type of integration, shown by a society or group with people and their neighbours.<ref name="dict1">Collins Dictionary of Sociology, p621.--> It refers to the ties in a society - social relations - that bind people to one another. T...
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15. Solidarity
    (Scotland) `Solidarity` (full name `Solidarity – Scotland`s Socialist Movement`) is a political party in Scotland, launched on September 3, 2006 as a breakaway from the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) in the aftermath of Tommy Sheridan`s libel action. Formed by two of the Scottish Socia...
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16. Solidarity
    (Catholic theology) `Solidarity` is a principle of Catholic Social Teaching and a Christian virtue articulated by Pope John Paul II which amplifies the concept of the common good and holds that for Christians it is essential to act in favor of the well being of all, particularly those who are...
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17. Solidarity
    (disambiguation) `Solidarity` is a unity of purpose or togetherness. `Solidarity` may also refer to: Trade unions : Politics : Political parties : Other political organisations : Newspapers and magazines : Music : Other : See also:
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18. Solidarity
    (U.S. newspaper) `Solidarity`, a newspaper published by the Industrial Workers of the World, was an eastern U.S. publication. The newspaper, the official periodical of the organization in its early years, was born of the McKees Rock strike in 1909, initially by the IWW`s Pittsburgh-New...
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