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individual
- /ɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒʊəl/
- /ɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒʊl/
- /ɪndɪˈvɪdjʊəl/
- /ɪndɪˈvɪdjʊl/
- /ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒ(u)əl/ US
- /ˌɪndə-/ US
Where it comes from
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Medieval Latin indīviduālis, from Latin indīviduum (“an indivisible thing”), neuter of indīviduus (“indivisible, undivided”), from in + dīviduus (“divisible”), from dīvidō (“divide”). Displaced native Old English hād (“person, individual”).
noun individuals · individuall
- A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people. He is an unusual individual.
- A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation. Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination […].
- An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class. It is typically held that chairs, trees, rocks, people and many of the so-called ‘everyday’ objects we encounter can be regarded as individuals.
- An element belonging to a population.
adjective more individual · most individual · individuall
- Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one. Near-synonyms: individuated, solitary, self-standing, freestanding
- Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person. individual personal pension
- Not divisible without losing its identity. Near-synonyms: unatomizable, indivisible, undividable
