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Definition of 'individualism'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) individualism
a social theory advocating the liberty, rights, or independent action of the individual.

2.  individualism
the principle or habit of independent thought or action.

3.  individualism
the pursuit of individual rather than common or collective interests; egoism.

4.  individualism
individual character; individuality.

5.  individualism
an individual peculiarity.

6.  individualism
Philos.

7.  individualism
the doctrine that only individual things are real.

8.  individualism
the doctrine or belief that all actions are determined by, or at least take place for, the benefit of the individual, not of society as a whole.

Etymology: (1825–35)

Definition of 'individualism'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) individuality, individualism, individuation
the quality of being individual
"so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"

2. (noun) individualism
a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence

3. (noun) individualism, laissez faire
the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs

Definition of 'individualism'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) individualism
the quality of being individual; individuality; personality

2. (noun) individualism
an excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self-interest; selfishness

Definitions of 'individualism'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. individualism
the name given to a social system which has respect to the rights of the individual as sovereign, and is strictly opposed to Socialism.

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