two solitudes

Noun

Meaning

two solitudes pl (plural only)

(Canada, social criticism) The historical and, by some accounts, current dysfunctional relationship between the Anglophone and Francophone groups in Canada, characterized by poor communication and mutual exclusion.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other. Rainer Maria Rilke

Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other. Han Suyin

Close letter words and terms

Two Sicilies two sides of the same coin two snowmen two spirit two steps ahead two steps forward, one step back