individualistic
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəlɪstɪk/
:
individualista
- Because America is individualistic and the Asian students would have a tendency to say yes.
- individualistic society
- individualistic culture
- individualistic perspective
Examples
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The demand and the challenge are both reactions to a strongly individualistic social order.
Academic text (1991) -
In Turkey, the attributions to the causes of poverty were less individualistic and more structural than those in the United States.
Academic text (1997) -
So it does, even though the more individualistic society is, the lonelier it's likely to be.
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Assumptions behind the government's individualistic lifelong learning policy are called into question.
Academic text (2007) -
The apex of human achievement is seen as modern science and individualistic democracy.
Academic text (1993) -
In contrast to religion in the West, religion in Asia is less individualistic, more communal, and more socially embedded.
Academic text (2010) -
Senate Republicans work in a more individualistic, more competitive, and less partisan environment than their House counterparts.
Academic text (1992) -
The implicit ethos of the American festival remains what it has always been: an intensely individualistic endeavor.
Academic text (1999) -
In an individualistic society, people prioritize their own goals and aspirations over collective interests.
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An individualistic approach to business encourages entrepreneurs to pursue their unique ideas and innovations.
Synonyms
7
8.7
Allowing businesses to operate with little government control
3
6.6
Being independent in thought and action
Antonyms
How Market-Oriented
Surface Forms
Morphology
individualistic = individual (transparent) = individual + istic
The political/economic sense is still a direct extension of 'individual' plus '-istic' meaning 'favoring individual freedom', so it is inferable from the base.
Etymology
The word individualistic comes from individual, which means 'one person'. In economics, an individualistic system is one that gives more freedom to people and businesses and less control from the government.