two solitudes
nounEtymology
First used by German poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) and applied to Canadian society in the title of a 1945 novel by Canadian author Hugh MacLennan.
Definitions
The historical and, by some accounts, current dysfunctional relationship between the…
The historical and, by some accounts, current dysfunctional relationship between the Anglophone and Francophone groups in Canada, characterized by poor communication and mutual exclusion.
- Montreal, where French and English have not merged but coexist in ‘two solitudes,’ has Latin flair but British solidity.
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