individualism
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individualism
- /ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French individualisme, equivalent to individual + -ism.
noun individualisms
- The tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought. He believes that self-improvement and its growing popularity are symptoms of what he calls individualism.
- The moral stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that promotes independence and self-reliance of individual people, while opposing the interference with each person's choices by society, the state, or any other group or institution. [A]nd that one great and all-important occasion and provocative of these beliefs was actually the rise of self-consciousness — that is, the coming of the mind to a more or less distinct awareness of itself and of its own operation, and the consequent development and growth of Individualism, and of t
- The doctrine that only individual things are real.
- The doctrine that nothing exists but the individual self.
Similar: solipsism · Opposite: collectivism, statism
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: laissez faire, individuality, egoism, individual, odd, collectivism, self-reliance, autonomy, self-sufficiency, self-determination, independence, uniqueness, selfhood, separateness, self-interest, distinctiveness
noun
Similar: solipsism · Opposite: collectivism, statism
Translations
Every language
noun tendency for a person to act without reference to others
| Español | individualismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 개인주의 gaeinjuui |
| 日本語 | 個人主義 kojinshugi |
| 中文 | 個人主義 /个人主义 gèrénzhǔyì |
| हिन्दी | व्यष्टिवाद vyaṣṭivād |
| Português | individualismo |
| Français | individualisme |
| Deutsch | Individualismus |
| Italiano | individualismo |
| Română | individualism |
| Русский | индивидуали́зм individualízm |
noun moral stance
| Español | individualismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 개인주의 gaeinjuui |
| 日本語 | 個人主義 kojinshugi |
| 中文 | 個人主義 /个人主义 gèrénzhǔyì |
| हिन्दी | व्यक्तिवाद vyaktivād, व्यष्टिवाद vyaṣṭivād |
| Kiswahili | ubinafsi |
| Português | individualismo |
| Français | individualisme |
| Deutsch | Individualismus |
| Italiano | individualismo |
| Ελληνικά | ατομοκρατία atomokratía, ατομικισμός atomikismós |
| Română | individualism |
| Русский | индивидуали́зм individualízm |
| Tiếng Việt | chủ nghĩa cá nhân, cá nhân chủ nghĩa, chủ nghĩa cá thể |
| العربية | فردانية firdanya |
| עברית | אִינְדִּיבִידוּאָלִיזְם |
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