DCHP-2
two solitudes DCHP-2 (November 2016)
n. — French relations, especially Eastern and Central Canada
the English and French communities in Quebec (or Canada generally) as indifferent or antagonistic to each other.
Type: 1. Origin — The term was likely coined by Hugh MacLennan in his 1945 novel Two Solitudes, an account of the tensions between English and French Canadians in Quebec (see the 1945 quotation). Two solitudes now is widely used to describe French-English relations in Canada, where the term is most prevalent (see Chart 1).
See also COD-2, s.v. "two solitudes", which is marked "Cdn".
