dividual
Americanadjective
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divisible or divided.
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separate; distinct.
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distributed; shared.
Other Word Forms
- dividually adverb
Etymology
Origin of dividual
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin dīvidu(us) “divided, divisible,” equivalent to dīvid(ere) “to divide, separate” + -uus adjective suffix; divide, -al 1
Example Sentences
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For the moment, surely, it can be answered decisively, for better or worse, only by each in dividual.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a world in which the in dividual is expected to play a relatively more passive role within the group.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wiesel's definition, however attractive, still leaves the in dividual Jew with a dilemma.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bitterly an in dividual worker would complain: "Four days of the week my friends find that I am not at home and on the fifth day I find that they are not at home."
From Time Magazine Archive
ME-AND-THEE: some dividual Existence or Personality distinct from the Whole.
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by FitzGerald, Edward
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