individualism

Noun

Meaning

The quality of being individual; individuality; personality.

An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self-interest; selfishness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

independence autonomy individuality laissez faire individuation self-expression selfhood quirk character nature self-determination separatism freedom identity personality
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Antonyms

collectivism amity care accordance charity compassion
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Hypernyms

ism philosophy belief doctrine trait school of thought

Hyponyms

specialty singularity speciality peculiarity distinctiveness specialness

Phrases with the word

extreme individualism hard individualism intense individualism human individualism strong individualism over-the-top individualism

Examples

But the reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand. And the fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. Paul Ryan

Individualism is the cradle of vulgarity. Nicolás Gómez Dávila

The irony is that in our decades, the combination of rationalism, asceticism, and individualism (the so-called Protestant Ethic) has produced precisely the system of boondoggling, luxury-consumption, and status. Paul Goodman

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it. Louis Kronenberger

There is no individualism in Eastern or oral cultures. Marshall McLuhan

The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return. John D. Rockefeller

Close letter words and terms

individualise individualised individualiser individualist individualist anarchism individualist anarchist