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Definition of individualist in English: individualistnoun ɪndɪˈvɪdjʊ(ə)lɪst 1A person who is independent and self-reliant. a rugged individualist driven to succeed Example sentencesExamples - The figure of the cowboy became the West's protagonist, a self-reliant individualist with a virtuous sense of fair play.
- She's an individualist, not a nonconformist.
- She's in tune with trends, but she's a confident individualist when it comes to style.
- He had already gained a reputation as a fierce individualist who refused to work well with studios.
- Because actors, in essence, are individualists, they don't really work as a unit.
- He was an unorthodox individualist.
Synonyms free spirit, individual, nonconformist, unorthodox person, unconventional person, original, eccentric, bohemian, maverick, rare bird, rarity lone wolf, outsider Latin rara avis British informal one-off, loner - 1.1 A self-centred or egotistical person.
selfish individualists thinking only of themselves Example sentencesExamples - One might suppose that politicians were supreme individualists who came together only because they recognized that co-operation was the only effective way to promote their own separate agendas.
- He believes that children who do not regularly eat with or talk to their parents can turn into anti-social, undisciplined individualists.
- John was an almost insanely egotistical individualist.
- These are the privileged individualists who have already snatched their slice of the American dream.
- They are selfish, go-getting individualists.
2An advocate of a social theory favouring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control. radical individualists, committed to quality of life Example sentencesExamples - When certain people began to be individualists, fear set into the community.
- He was an extreme individualist who described himself as the last of the true Tories.
- Individualists and collectivists disagree over whether the Second Amendment grants individuals a right to firearm possession.
- Concepts like "emergent order" have been an obsession of methodological individualists for ages.
- He often liked to refer to himself as an "individualist," sometimes even as an "anarchist."
- Liberal individualists argue that the individual is morally prior to the community.
- Such laws are scarcely ever opposed on grounds of principle, even by the most doctrinaire individualists.
- She was from first to last a radical individualist.
- Chen was a rationalist and an individualist.
adjective ɪndɪˈvɪdjʊ(ə)lɪst 1Relating to or characterized by the habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant. Example sentencesExamples - She is opportunistic, an individualist, ambitious risk-taker.
- The male characters are Paul, a successful doctor, Garvey, a rugged individualist adventurer, and Jerry, a small time con man.
- Perhaps the greatest attribute of our student body is the individualist attitude of so many students.
- The narrative is a parable of individualist success.
- His unconventional and highly individualist style may be forgiven, as well as his occasional overriding of the composers' instructions.
- He admits to being a decadent individualist writer.
- And the people became more prosperous, more assertive, more individualist.
- It influenced the Romantic movement in the arts by releasing the more individualist attitudes in which this movement was based.
- My mother was in turns warm and distant, yielding in me both a confused sense of worth and an independent individualist streak.
- Our individualist culture tends to think almost exclusively of great advances in science or philosophy as the product of great lone geniuses.
2Relating to or denoting a social theory favouring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control. Example sentencesExamples - I grew up in a capitalist and individualist society.
- The individualist anarchists saw land economics differently.
- Those who characterize liberalism as excessively individualist often also complain that Americans are exceedingly concerned with their rights.
- In his most prominent works, he dismissed much of the American individualist tradition in economics.
- Socialists emphasized a social, as opposed to an individualist, approach to life, especially economic organization.
- He argued that his outlook was not individualist but collectivist.
- Individualist feminism makes no reference to women being economically or socially equal, only to equal treatment under just laws.
- The integrating theme behind individualist anarchism was the primacy of the individual and the commitment to rid society of all but defensive force.
- His argument that churches are caught in the great conflict between individualist and communal constructions of the world is persuasive.
- This, in my opinion, sums up the individualist movement.
Definition of individualist in US English: individualistnounˌindəˈvij(ə)wələst 1A person who is independent and self-reliant. a rugged individualist driven to succeed Example sentencesExamples - She's in tune with trends, but she's a confident individualist when it comes to style.
- Because actors, in essence, are individualists, they don't really work as a unit.
- He had already gained a reputation as a fierce individualist who refused to work well with studios.
- The figure of the cowboy became the West's protagonist, a self-reliant individualist with a virtuous sense of fair play.
- She's an individualist, not a nonconformist.
- He was an unorthodox individualist.
Synonyms free spirit, individual, nonconformist, unorthodox person, unconventional person, original, eccentric, bohemian, maverick, rare bird, rarity - 1.1 A self-centered or egotistical person.
selfish individualists thinking only of themselves Example sentencesExamples - One might suppose that politicians were supreme individualists who came together only because they recognized that co-operation was the only effective way to promote their own separate agendas.
- These are the privileged individualists who have already snatched their slice of the American dream.
- John was an almost insanely egotistical individualist.
- They are selfish, go-getting individualists.
- He believes that children who do not regularly eat with or talk to their parents can turn into anti-social, undisciplined individualists.
2An advocate of a social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control. radical individualists, committed to quality of life Example sentencesExamples - Chen was a rationalist and an individualist.
- He was an extreme individualist who described himself as the last of the true Tories.
- Concepts like "emergent order" have been an obsession of methodological individualists for ages.
- Individualists and collectivists disagree over whether the Second Amendment grants individuals a right to firearm possession.
- He often liked to refer to himself as an "individualist," sometimes even as an "anarchist."
- Such laws are scarcely ever opposed on grounds of principle, even by the most doctrinaire individualists.
- Liberal individualists argue that the individual is morally prior to the community.
- When certain people began to be individualists, fear set into the community.
- She was from first to last a radical individualist.
adjectiveˌindəˈvij(ə)wələst 1Relating to or characterized by the habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant. Example sentencesExamples - The narrative is a parable of individualist success.
- His unconventional and highly individualist style may be forgiven, as well as his occasional overriding of the composers' instructions.
- It influenced the Romantic movement in the arts by releasing the more individualist attitudes in which this movement was based.
- Perhaps the greatest attribute of our student body is the individualist attitude of so many students.
- And the people became more prosperous, more assertive, more individualist.
- Our individualist culture tends to think almost exclusively of great advances in science or philosophy as the product of great lone geniuses.
- He admits to being a decadent individualist writer.
- She is opportunistic, an individualist, ambitious risk-taker.
- My mother was in turns warm and distant, yielding in me both a confused sense of worth and an independent individualist streak.
- The male characters are Paul, a successful doctor, Garvey, a rugged individualist adventurer, and Jerry, a small time con man.
2Relating to or denoting a social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control. Example sentencesExamples - Those who characterize liberalism as excessively individualist often also complain that Americans are exceedingly concerned with their rights.
- His argument that churches are caught in the great conflict between individualist and communal constructions of the world is persuasive.
- Socialists emphasized a social, as opposed to an individualist, approach to life, especially economic organization.
- I grew up in a capitalist and individualist society.
- This, in my opinion, sums up the individualist movement.
- The integrating theme behind individualist anarchism was the primacy of the individual and the commitment to rid society of all but defensive force.
- Individualist feminism makes no reference to women being economically or socially equal, only to equal treatment under just laws.
- In his most prominent works, he dismissed much of the American individualist tradition in economics.
- He argued that his outlook was not individualist but collectivist.
- The individualist anarchists saw land economics differently.
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