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Definition of Individualist
1. Adjective. Marked by or expressing individuality. "An individualistic way of dressing"
2. Noun. A person who pursues independent thought or action.
Specialized synonyms: Dropout, Lone Hand, Lone Wolf, Loner, Fencesitter, Independent, Mugwump, Night Owl, Nightbird, Nighthawk, Naturist, Nudist, Withdrawer
Derivative terms: Individualism, Individualism
Definition of Individualist
1. Noun. Someone who believes in individualism ¹
2. Noun. Someone who does as they wish, unconstrained to external influences ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Individualist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Individualist
Literary usage of Individualist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anarchism: A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by Ernst Viktor Zenker (1897)
"... and Italians; while the Teutonic nations appear to incline more towards
individualist Anarchism. If this geographical division is not quite exact, ..."
2. Natural Rights: A Criticism of Some Political and Ethical Conceptions by David George Ritchie (1903)
"... superstition about the effect on posterity " ?1 The transition from individualist
to Evolutionist Utilitarianism—a transition which is being accepted by ..."
3. Labor Problems: A Text Book by Thomas Sewall Adams, Helen Laura Sumner (1905)
"individualist and Federalist Schools: In regard to the general method of procedure,
there are two distinct schools of productive cooperatori^—the ..."
4. Black and White in South East Africa: A Study in Sociology by Maurice Smethurst Evans (1916)
"TRIBALISM—THE OLD SOCIALIST AND THE NEW individualist. A TRAVELLER along the
roads of Natal and Zululand, will sometimes come across a cavalcade of ten or a ..."
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