Individualist

noun

noun ·6 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who believes in individualism as a sociopolitical system.
  2. 2
    a person who pursues independent thought or action wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone who believes in the philosophy of individualism; a solipsist.
  4. 4
    Someone who does as they wish, unconstrained by external influences.

    "However, apart from all this, the Chief was a grand old man, belonging to a class of individualists which seems to be dying out in these days, when standard behaviour seems to be as prevalent as standard designs."

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by or expressing individuality wordnet

Synonyms

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Example

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"Sheena took time to get used to the individualist culture of the West."

Etymology

From individual + -ist.

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