super-individualismn.
/ˌsuːpəˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒʊəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsuːpəˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒᵿlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsuːpəˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsuːpəˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjʊəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsuːpəˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjᵿlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsjuːpəˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒʊəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsjuːpəˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒᵿlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsjuːpəˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsjuːpəˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjʊəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsjuːpəˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjᵿlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌsupərˌɪndəˈvɪdʒ(ə)wəˌlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsupərˌɪndəˈvɪdʒəˌlɪz(ə)m/ Extreme or excessive individualism.
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1908 Hamilton Literary Mag. Feb. 235 Our fellows probably called it [sc. principle] idiosyncracy, super-individualism, even crankiness.
1942 P. Bloomfield Many & Few vii. 76 The learned super-individualist critic, Dr Pevsner, himself a refugee from Nazi superindividualism.
1985 Theory & Society 14 312 The alternatives of a super-individualism or a radical collectivism.
2004 Amer. Prospect (Nexis) Mar. 34 The Democrats can become the voice of opportunity, responsibility, and community in an era of greed and superindividualism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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