Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought.

    Individualismus

    индивидуали́змindividualízm

    індивідуалізмindyvidualizm

  2. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Individualismus

    индивидуали́змindividualízm

    індивідуалі́змindyvidualízm

  3. (countable, uncountable)The doctrine that only individual things are real.

    the quality of being individual

  4. (countable, uncountable)The doctrine that nothing exists but the individual self.

    a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Whatever happened to individualism?

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  2. Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

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  3. Individualism is the 21st century's epidemic.

    ruИндивидуализм - это эпидемия 21-го века.

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  4. In a country where individualism is more common, personal objections to smoking in public are usually respected.

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  5. Some Westerners harbor the notion that their cultural achievements, such as individualism, are inherently superior and should be adopted by all societies.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
tendency for a person to act without reference to others:
moral stance:
Русский
By meaning 1
tendency for a person to act without reference to others:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tendency for a person to act without reference to others:

Origin

Borrowed from French individualisme, equivalent to individual + -ism.

Borrowed from French individualisme, equivalent to individual + -ism.

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Forms

plural: individualisms
Singularindividualism
Pluralindividualisms

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
acting without reference to others:collectivismstatism

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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