Mechanical Solidarity
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Mechanical solidarity, Durkheim's term, is the cohesion of a society whose members are bound together by shared work, beliefs, and ways of life.
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In a village where nearly everyone farms, people are held together by similarity.
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Mechanical here means acting as one automatically, by similarity — it does not refer to machines.