united front
Alliance showing solidarity
A united front is a show of solidarity or agreement, especially one presented publicly to conceal internal disagreements.
The term originated in political coalitions but now applies broadly: The parents maintained a united front despite their private doubts.
To present a united front is to appear unified and aligned on a position.
- blocAllied group sharing interests
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- unanimityComplete group agreement
- single voiceOne speaker only
- allianceFormal union of parties
broad coalition · strategic alliance · solidarity · closing ranks · political · party line · collaboration · joint effort · working together · stand together · collective security · common cause · common enemy · partnership · consensus · resistance movements · Kuomintang · show of strength
- unity phrasesall for one, one for all, stronger together, all as one, one voice
- frontsfrontline, storefront, beachfront, lakefront, oceanfront
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- collective actionjoin forces, team up, mobilization, movement, protest
- Communist ChinaCommunist Party, People's Republic, Great Leap Forward, Gang of Four, Central Committee
- Left-Wing Politicsleft wing, leftists, far left, Marxism, socialism
united frontdisunity
Absence of accord
division · infighting · factionalism · fragmentation · schism
united frontairing dirty laundry
going rogue · off-message · undercutting · mixed signals · mixed messages
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