nonindividualistic
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəlɪstɪk/
:
colectivista
- The nonindividualistic approach emphasized collaboration and shared goals among team members.
Examples
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If proponents of rational choice can advance convincing explanations and predictions for a country in which a nonindividualistic culture is often said to prevail, their case will be strengthened.
Academic text (1996) -
The finding that social workers and service users attributed different degrees of importance to the two nonindividualistic explanations for poverty thus leaves open the possibility that social workers and their clients may also disagree somewhat on the best ways of dealing with poverty.
Academic text (2009) -
In a nonindividualistic society, people often prioritize community needs over personal desires.
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During the festival, the nonindividualistic spirit brought the residents together to celebrate as one community.
Synonyms
2
7.6
Valuing the community more than the individual
1
8.1
Putting the group before the individual
Putting a group's needs before a person's own needs
Treats a group as one whole instead of separate people
Showing strong loyalty to one group and causing conflict with other groups
Antonyms
How Individualistic
- US
56
3.9
13
4.5
8
6.7
8
7.2
41
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonindividualistic = individualistic (transparent) = non + individual + istic
Formed by the productive negation prefix 'non-' attached to the adjective 'individualistic'; the negation of the base meaning is straightforward.
Etymology
The word nonindividualistic breaks into non- meaning 'not', individual meaning 'one person', and -istic which makes an adjective. So it simply means 'not about one person' — think of a team or community that shares work and praise, and that's why the word describes a focus on the group rather than the individual.