solidarity

See also: Solidarity

English

Etymology

English solidary +‎ -ity, from French solidarité (“solidarity”), from solidaire (“characterized by solidarity”), from Latin solidum (“whole sum”), neuter of solidus (“solid”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌsɒlɪˈdæɹɪti/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

solidarity (countable and uncountable, plural solidarities)

(countable) 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.
- 2012, Francesca Valensise, From Building Fabric to City Form: Reconstruction in Calabria at end of Eighteenth Century‎, Gangemi Editore spa, →ISBN, page 8:
  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.
- 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
  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.
(uncountable) Willingness to give psychological and/or material support when another person is in a difficult position or needs affection.
Only the solidarity provided by her siblings allowed Margaret to cope with her mother's harrowing death.

Related terms

solid
solidarize
solidary
solidus

Translations

unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy

Albanian: solidaritet (sq) m
Arabic: تَضَامُن‎ m (taḍāmun)
Armenian: համերաշխություն (hy) (hamerašxutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: həmrəylik
Bashkir: теләктәшлек (teläktäşlek)
Basque: elkartasun, solidaritate
Belarusian: саліда́рнасць f (salidárnascʹ)
Berber:
Tashelhit: tiwizi f
Bulgarian: солида́рност (bg) f (solidárnost)
Burmese: စည်းလုံးညီညွတ်မှု (cany:lum:nyi-nywathmu.)
Catalan: solidaritat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 團結／团结 (zh) (tuánjié)
Czech: solidarita (cs) f, solidárnost f
Danish: solidaritet (da) c
Dutch: solidariteit (nl) f
Estonian: solidaarsus
Ewe: novissi
Finnish: solidaarisuus (fi)
French: solidarité (fr) f
Galician: solidariedade (gl) f
Georgian: სოლიდარობა (solidaroba)
German: Solidarität (de) f
Greek: αλληλεγγύη (el) f (allilengýi), συναδελφικότητα (el) f (synadelfikótita)
Hebrew: סוֹלִידָרִיּוּת‎
Hindi: एकता (hi) f (ektā), ऐक्यभाव m (aikyabhāv), एकजुटता f (ekjuṭtā)
Hungarian: szolidaritás (hu)
Indonesian: solidaritas (id)
Irish: dlúthpháirtíocht f, dlúthchomhar m
Italian: solidarietà (it) f
Japanese: 連帯 (ja) (れんたい, rentai)
Kazakh: ынтымақ (yntymaq)
Khmer: ទឡ្ហភាព (tŏəlhaʼphiəp), សាមគ្គី (km) (saamakkii)
Korean: 연대(連帶) (yeondae), 련대(連帶) (ryeondae) (North Korea)
Kyrgyz: ынтымак (ky) (ıntımak), тиренишме (tirenişme), тилектештик (ky) (tilekteştik)
Ladino: solidarita f, solidaridad f
Lao: ຄວາມສາມັກຄີ (khuām sā mak khī)
Latvian: solidaritāte f
Lithuanian: solidarumas m
Macedonian: солидарност f (solidarnost)
Malay: perpaduan (ms)
Malayalam: ഐകമത്യം (ml) (aikamatyaṃ)
Maltese: solidarjetà f
Navajo: łaʼ ídlį́
Norwegian:
Bokmål: solidaritet m
Occitan: solidaritat (oc) f
Persian: همبستگی‎ (fa) (ham-bastegi)
Polish: solidarność (pl) f
Portuguese: solidariedade (pt) f
Romanian: solidaritate (ro) f
Russian: солида́рность (ru) f (solidárnostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: солида́рно̄ст f
Roman: solidárnōst (sh) f
Slovak: solidarita f, solidárnosť f
Slovene: solidarnost f
Spanish: solidaridad (es) f
Swedish: solidaritet (sv) c, sammanhållning (sv) c
Tajik: ҳамфикрӣ (hamfikrī), ҳамраъйӣ (hamraʾyī), муттафиқӣ (muttafiqī), ҳамбастагӣ (hambastagī)
Tatar: теләктәшлек (tt) (teläktäşlek)
Thai: ความสามัคคี (th) (kwaam-sǎa-mák-kii)
Tibetan: ཆིག་སྒྲིལ (chig sgril)
Turkish: dayanışma (tr)
Ukrainian: соліда́рність f (solidárnistʹ)
Urdu: یَک جِہَتی‎ f (yak jehatī), یَگانْگَت‎ f (yagāngat)
Uyghur: ئىتتىپاقلىق‎ (ittipaqliq)
Uzbek: birdamlik (uz), hamfikrlik (uz)
Vietnamese: sự liên đới (vi)
Yiddish: סאָלידאַרישקײַט‎ ? (solidarishkayt)
Zulu: ubuntu (zu) class 14

psychological or material support

Catalan: solidaritat (ca) f
Czech: solidarita (cs) f
Danish: solidaritet (da) c
Dutch: solidariteit (nl) f
Finnish: tuki (fi)
French: solidarité (fr) f
German: Solidarität (de) f, Unterstützung (de) f
Greek: αλληλεγγύη (el) f (allilengýi)
Indonesian: solidaritas (id)
Irish: ^{(please verify)} dlúthpháirtíocht f
Italian: solidarietà (it) f
Polish: solidarność (pl) f
Portuguese: solidariedade (pt) f
Spanish: solidaridad (es) f