super-individualisticadj.
/ˌsuːp(ə)rˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒʊəlɪstɪk/, /ˌsuːp(ə)rˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒ(ᵿ)lɪstɪk/, /ˌsuːp(ə)rˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjʊəlɪstɪk/, /ˌsuːp(ə)rˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjᵿlɪstɪk/, /ˌsjuːp(ə)rˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒʊəlɪstɪk/, /ˌsjuːp(ə)rˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒ(ᵿ)lɪstɪk/, /ˌsjuːp(ə)rˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjʊəlɪstɪk/, /ˌsjuːp(ə)rˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjᵿlɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌsupərˌɪndəˌvɪdʒ(ə)wəˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌsupərˌɪndəˌvɪdʒəˈlɪstɪk/ 1. That is above or greater than the individual; = super-individual adj.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or in common to various things > not peculiar to an individual
unpropera1616
improper1629
unpersonal1657
super-individuala1834
suprapersonal1873
transindividual1881
super-individualistic1893
super-individualist1934
1893 D. J. Burrell & J. D. Burrell Hints & Helps Sunday-school Lessons 1894 157 This way of looking out widely over events, and studying them in their super-individualistic bearings, is part of what the Bible calls wisdom.
1976 tr. A. Artaud Let. in Sel. Writings (1988) xxxii. 473 Turning to the advantage of the general consciousness the superindividualistic works of Isidore Ducasse.
1995 A. Oz Yoke of Love i. 77 In Shakespeare redundant personal rebellion is depreciated on a super-individualistic, prebourgeois background.
2. Characterized by or favouring a high degree of individualism.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > individualistic > highly
super-individualistic1905
1905 Westm. Rev. Sept. 272 It seems..doubtful whether co-operation..in urban life is destined to counteract the consequences of the super-individualistic tendencies of the nineteenth century.
1915 F. K. Krüger Govt. & Polit. German Empire 10 National feeling..is steadily growing and it is to be expected that soon pride in belonging to a strong and powerful nation will overcome this super-individualistic spirit.
1958 W. Stark Sociol. of Knowl. i. 19 American society was also super-individualistic.
2009 Times (Nexis) 25 Feb. 24 Recent work in behavioural economics has shattered the view of humans as super-individualistic uncaring beings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1893