solidarity English · revision 15207

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1829|origins=la solidus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ə.ti/, /ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ti/ ''(UK)''; /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ə.ti/, /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ti/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|solidarité|t=joint liability, mutual responsibility]], a coinage of the Encyclopédie (1765),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[m|fr|solidaire|t=interdependent, complete, entire]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|fr|solide]] (see [[solid]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A community of interests and responsibilities; a community perfectly united on some question: 1829 in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) 1841 in Barnhart, the OED and Merriam-Webster.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ At first it was often treated as a French word for a French idea and printed in italics.^(Etymonline) Solidarity with or between others is from 1860,^(OED 1989) and a perfect coincidence of interests from 1874.^(OED 1989) In civil law it is a joint and several obligation, from 1875.^(OED 1989) With a capital letter, Solidarity was the independent trade union movement in communist Poland, formed in September 1980, from [[pl|solidarność]].^(Etymonline)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1765 – solidarité in the Encyclopédie.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1829 – solidarity in English.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1841 – first record in the OED.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1980 – Solidarity, the Polish union.^(Etymonline)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Unity of interests, aims or sympathies among members of a group; mutual support.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[solidarism]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[solid]]

+ * [[solidarize]]

+ * [[solidary]]

+ * [[solidus]]

+ * [[consolidate]]

+ * [[soldier]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}