Associations to the word «Individualism»

Wiktionary

INDIVIDUALISM, noun. The tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought.
INDIVIDUALISM, noun. The moral stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that promotes independence and self-reliance of individual people, while opposing the interference with each person's choices by society, the state, or any other group or institution.

Dictionary definition

INDIVIDUALISM, noun. The quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality".
INDIVIDUALISM, noun. A belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence.
INDIVIDUALISM, noun. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King