individualist

Examples

• All

• For Thomas, Spiritualism taught a radical, individualist faith.

  Academic text (2018)

• His individualist approach to art allows him to express his unique perspective without following trends.

• Justice, especially the social kind, is not part of the Individualist agenda.

  Academic text (2010)

• Instead of the death of God, we should speak of a more individualist supernaturalism.

  Academic text (2000)

• The best way to think of liberalism, I think, is as individualist rather than statist.

• As Fairchild et al. suggest, individualist models tend to dominate American practices of public health, health education, and health promotion.

  Academic text (2012)

• Transitioning from a unitized society to an individualist society was the beginning of the destruction in America.

  Blog text (23)

• In sum, the abortion law is a reform relating to women inscribed in a gender-neutral, individualist context.

  Academic text (1991)

• Social cohesion in America, because of the nation's flawed, individualist founding, takes extraordinary work; it takes statecraft as soulcraft.

  Academic text (1999)

• Thus, our first objective was to compare the collectivist and individualist inclinations of Kuwaiti managers with those of Arab expatriates.

  Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

I

independent

vsindividualist

984 2.3

Not controlled by others

focuses on showing strong personal independence rather than just being uncontrolled

S

self-reliant

vsindividualist

13 4.5

Able to act and decide without help from others

emphasizes a visible strong sense of independence rather than mere ability

I

individualistic

vsindividualist

8 6.7

Preferring to act or think independently and be different

shows a stronger inner sense of personal independence

Antonyms

C

collectivist

8 7.2

A person who puts the group's needs before their own

C

conformist

2 5.7

A person who follows rules and usual ways instead of trying new ideas

Compounds

I

individualist anarchism

9.9

A political idea that values each person's freedom over rules from society

How Independent

individualist

3 6.6

independent

984 2.3

conformist

6 6.0

conventional

175 2.8

Surface Forms

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Etymology