individualist

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1. individualist - Noun

2. individualist - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

a person who pursues independent thought or action

marked by or expressing individuality

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To his credit, Obama didn't just come to Washington to be someone. Like Reagan, he came to Washington to do something -- to introduce a powerful social democratic stream into America's deeply and historically individualist polity. Charles Krauthammer

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game. Branch Rickey

When I was young I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then and I'm labeled senile. George Burns

An individualist is a man who says: "I'll not run anyone's life – nor let anyone run mine. I will not rule nor be ruled. I will not be a master nor a slave. I will not sacrifice myself to anyone – nor sacrifice anyone to myself." Ayn Rand

As a confirmed individualist I certainly do not wish to underrate the influence of the individual, for the masses do not lead the individual; rather, in the individual is vested the capacity to lead the masses. Gustav Stresemann

I valued my independence from an early age and was always something of a individualist ... Well, a show-off anyway. Alice Roosevelt Longworth

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