solidarity

C1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ə.ti/ UK /ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ə.ti/ See IPA manual

Freq #12129

Meanings

1

noun
Unity and mutual support among a group of people who share the same goal or interest.

The workers marched in solidarity with the striking miners.
2

noun
Willingness to support someone who is in a difficult situation.

Her family's solidarity helped her cope with the loss.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms solidarities

Derived forms fluidaritysolidarism

Related forms solidsolidarizesolidarysolidus

Etymology

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

solidarité French solidum Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# solidarity

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ə.ti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ə.ti/
**Frequency rank:** 12129

## Meanings
1. Unity and mutual support among a group of people who share the same goal or interest.
2. Willingness to support someone who is in a difficult situation.

## Examples
- The workers marched in solidarity with the striking miners.
- Her family's solidarity helped her cope with the loss.

## Derived Forms
- fluidarity
- solidarism

## Related Forms
- solid
- solidarize
- solidary
- solidus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: solidarité
- Root: solidum

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

## AI Etymology
Solidarity is by surface analysis, from English solidary + -ity, or from French solidarité (“solidarity”), from solidaire (“characterized by solidarity”), from Latin solidum (“whole sum”), neuter of solidus (“solid”). The historical chain includes solidarité (French) and solidum (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as fluidarity and solidarism and related forms such as solid, solidarize, and solidary. In present use it covers unity and mutual support among a group of people who share the same goal or interest and willingness to support someone who is in a difficult situation.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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