individuality

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity.

The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked individuality.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

identity individualism individuation personal identity chara quirk character human person individual style nature quality difference independence
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Antonyms

god death idea animal concept abstract
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Hypernyms

personality trait

Hyponyms

identification specialty singularity speciality peculiarity distinctiveness

Related terms

individual

Phrases with the word

disappearance of individuality crisis of individuality lacking individuality destruction of individuality deprive of individuality loss of individuality

Derivatives

individualities

Examples

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men. John Stuart Mill

In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized. Alex Grey

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality. Billie Joe Armstrong

Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself. Carl Jung

It was the spirit animating the mass and flowing from it, and it expressed the individuality of the building. Louis Sullivan

After all I have no nationality and am not anxious to claim any. Individuality is more than nationality. Confucian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

individualistic individualistic work individualistically individualizable individualization individualize