solidarity

plural solidarities

1. countableuncountableA 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.

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   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

   And this year, some of the granite facades have a new addition - the blue and yellow of the flag of Ukraine. It's hardly surprising to see the Scots, a nation more attuned to independence than some, showing solidarity with a country brutally invaded by Russia.

   2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75

2. uncountableWillingness 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.

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