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Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-duh-vij-oo-uh-liz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn dəˈvɪdʒ u əˌlɪz əm

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Définition of individualism

Origin :
  • "self-centered feeling," 1827, from individual + -ism. As a social philosophy (opposed to communism and socialism) first attested 1851 in writings of J.S. Mill.
  • A majority can never replace the individual. ... Just as a hundred fools do not make one wise man, a heroic decision is not likely to come from a hundred cowards. [Adolf Hitler, "Mein Kampf," 1933]
  • noun identity
Example sentences :
  • No catalogue of American qualities and defects can exclude the trait of individualism.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • No sovereign or minister, no government, can win the favor of Prussian individualism.
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • As has been indicated, the frontier is productive of individualism.
  • Extract from : « The Frontier in American History » by Frederick Jackson Turner
  • A most striking feature of the northern migration was its individualism.
  • Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
  • This individualism has had the freest play, and we are not likely to lose all that it has given us.
  • Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis
  • Such are the respective attitudes of Socialism and Individualism.
  • Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis
  • This is why we cannot have too much Individualism, we cannot have too much Socialism.
  • Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis
  • Observe her carefully, and she will not give lessons only in individualism.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Individualism of the extreme type is, therefore, long since out of date.
  • Extract from : « The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice » by Stephen Leacock
  • And this, I say, looks to me very much like the kind of individualism which I believe in.
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
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