noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gesture of solidarity (= something you do to show loyalty and support )
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People sent food parcels to the strikers as a gesture of solidarity.
pledge (your) support/loyalty/solidarity etc
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He pledged his cooperation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
national
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Trade unionism became a key element in national solidarity and social education.
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To complete unity it needs not just a flow of money from west to east but a sense of national solidarity .
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Like Marshall and Beveridge, the theorists of Scandinavia's welfare states insisted on the need for national solidarity .
social
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In effect, the Fabians skewed utilitarianism in favour of the principle of social solidarity .
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Clinton has managed to put social solidarity programmes back at the centre of the political agenda.
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If the state acts in a manner not designed to promote social solidarity then, Duguit argued, this must be resisted.
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And a fourth explanation is that voting is primarily an expression of citizenship, social solidarity , and political communication.
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Alternatively, unity is viewed as social solidarity .
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They also benefit from the higher degree of social solidarity which seems to accompany more pluralistic systems.
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The source of consensus was to be found in the division of labour, which was the pre-eminent fact of social solidarity .
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It also interests those at work on social interchange and social solidarity .
■ VERB
demonstrate
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Amiss had an almost overwhelming desire to cadge a cigarette in order to demonstrate solidarity , but he repressed it.
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But it does not follow that all those who did attend went with the intention of demonstrating tribal solidarity .
express
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Political and church groups and sports- and businesspeople also launched campaigns to express solidarity with foreigners and opposition to violence.
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Against the blows directed against them by reactionaries of all stripes, the Fourth International expresses its solidarity with the guerrilla fighters.
show
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Even trade unionists were reluctant to show solidarity .
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Other lines showed more solidarity and local initiative.
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The students had called the authorities' bluff with their protests and shown solidarity across the country.
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In some prisons, inmates have shown solidarity with their jailers by refusing to return to their cells after exercise.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Solidarity among black people in South Africa is essential if progress is to be made.
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A lot of people joined with us as an act of solidarity .
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Other health professionals were quick to express their solidarity with nurses.
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There was a feeling of solidarity between all the staff and a common suspicion as to why management had called the meeting.
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Women all over the world have been demonstrating to show their solidarity .
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Workers all over the country went on strike to show their solidarity with the miners.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A sense of solidarity creates a readiness to share with strangers, which in turn underpins a thriving welfare state.
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Alternatively, unity is viewed as social solidarity .
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Amiss had an almost overwhelming desire to cadge a cigarette in order to demonstrate solidarity , but he repressed it.
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Each group becomes more structured, and demands more loyalty and assurance of solidarity .
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If the state acts in a manner not designed to promote social solidarity then, Duguit argued, this must be resisted.
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It also interests those at work on social interchange and social solidarity .