social unity
Community holding together
Social unity is a state of cohesion and solidarity within a group, community, or society—people bound together by shared values, purpose, or identity.
The term often appears in political rhetoric calling for collective action or healing divisions: The candidate emphasized social unity over partisan conflict.
Social unity can describe genuine harmony or serve as an aspirational ideal that glosses over real disagreements.
- solidarityUnity among allies
- togethernessState of close connection
- stronger togetherCooperation yields greater power
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- cohesionTendency to bind together
community · belonging · melting pot · fellowship · brotherhood · team spirit · bond · collective · common good · cooperation · tribe · kinship · camaraderie · common ground · shared purpose · gathering · village square · neighbors
- social capitalconnections, networks, ties, relationships, reciprocity
- togethernesstogether, togetherness, bonding, closeness, companionship
social unityfactionalism
Division into opposing cliques
fragmentation · disunity · polarization · balkanization · tribalism
social unitydiscord
Lack of agreement
civil war · class warfare · social unrest · internal conflict · social conflict
social unitysocial exclusion
Denial of societal participation
segregation · apartheid · marginalization · ghettoization · social stratification
social, unity, socialize, socialization, socialized, socializing, socialist, socialism, socialistic