individualistic

[ in-duh-vij-oo-uh-lis-tik ]

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adjective

prioritizing the pursuit of individual interests or rights rather than common or collective ones:In our culture we seem to be moving toward a predominantly individualistic mindset, where egoism is in and altruism is out.
showing great independence or individuality in thought or action:Never has the nation produced a more brilliantly argumentative, individualistic, or opinionated group of politicians than our founders.

Philosophy. of or relating to a belief that all actions are determined by, or for the benefit of, the individual, not society as a whole:The attempt to construct a new social order on the basis of individualistic doctrine was bound to fail, because the shared customs and practices that make up the common life of society are too valuable.

Origin of individualistic

“Unlike cars, motorcycles are very individualistic,” Yu says.
I rode an electric motorcycle for the first time. Here’s what I learned. | Rob Verger | December 10, 2020 | Popular-Science
That individualistic nature is “kinda the joy of it,” she says.
I rode an electric motorcycle for the first time. Here’s what I learned. | Rob Verger | December 10, 2020 | Popular-Science
Laviolette writes that as Western culture became increasingly individualistic in recent decades, both drivers and travelers have grown warier of sharing rides.
Thumbs up for three new books that capture hitchhiking’s adventurous spirit | Jen Rose Smith | October 30, 2020 | Washington Post
Plus, the argument that we should deal with the dangers of social media on our own can come across as cruelly individualistic tech-apologia.
Does Social Media Poison Everything? - Facts So Romantic | Scott Koenig | October 6, 2020 | Nautilus
The argument that we have the power to deal with the dangers of social media entirely on our own terms can come across as cruelly individualistic tech-apologia.
Does Social Media Poison Everything? - Facts So Romantic | Scott Koenig | October 6, 2020 | Nautilus

In an individualistic culture like our own, this potential loss of self seems like the worst possible outcome.
Why Smart People Are Dumb Patients | Jean Kim | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Men in the 1990s were typically 10-15 points more individualistic.
The Women's Vote and 2012 | David Frum | April 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
If the farmer wishes to continue all his life in his old style individualistic method of working the land, he is free to do so.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton Sinclair
The great essential of philosophic anarchy is individualistic freedom.
Communism and Christianism | William Montgomery Brown
This individualistic tendency also gradually makes itself felt in the raising of domestic animals.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm Wundt
But the socialistic tendencies are not, in general, as strong as are the individualistic ones.
The Science of Human Nature | William Henry Pyle
Those instincts most closely related to individual survival are called individualistic instincts.
The Science of Human Nature | William Henry Pyle

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