individualist
noun
a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
individualistically
-
a word derived from
individualist.
-
a word derived from
individualistic.
individualisticadjectiveprioritizing the pursuit of individual interests or rights rather than common or collective ones.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
These trends ask us to imagine survival individualistically and not as a product of social movements or collective interdependence.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025
"All the dominant modern psychologies," he declared, "are individualistically hedonistic, explaining all human behavior in terms of individual pleasure and pain, individual needs and drives."
From Time Magazine Archive
It would make one's step sure, noiseless and springy, whether it was used individualistically as rubber heels or collectivistically as carpeting and paving.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
He counts himself a man of business, and thinks and acts and goes down to failure, individualistically.
From Women As Sex Vendors or, Why Women Are Conservative (Being a View of the Economic Status of Woman) by R. B. (Roscoe Burdette) Tobias
We can use better seeds, raise better crops and cattle, and work more co-operatively instead of individualistically.
From American World Policies by Walter E. Weyl
