Individualistic
adj
adj ·7 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 More interested in individual people than in society as a whole.
"It is, then, as a treatise of social forces, individualistic and collectivistic, in German literature that Francke's work must be tested, not as a history of the artistic form and content of that literature."
- 2 Interested in oneself rather than others; egocentric.
"A few examples will demonstrate the cultural basis of individualistic, greedy, and anticooperative behavior."
- 3 Having idiosyncratic behaviour or ideas.
Adjective
- 1 with minimally restricted freedom in commerce wordnet
- 2 marked by or expressing individuality wordnet
Example
More examples"The artist has an individualistic style of painting."
Etymology
From individualist + -ic or individual + -istic.
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