INDIVIDUALISTIC


Meaning of INDIVIDUALISTIC in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷|listik, -tēk adjective

or individualist

: of, belonging to, or being individualism or an individualist: as

a. : favoring or allowing individualism

the individualistic polity of churches congregationally organized enables any single company of Christians to call and to ordain their own minister — W.L.Sperry

b. : consisting of individualism

Spinoza's ethics is individualistic in the sense that its fundamental motive is the desire for individual perfection or happiness — Frank Thilly

individualistic theory … that the state, being a necessary evil, should be strictly limited to the preservation of order and the protection of the rights of the individual — W.S.Sayre

c. : arising from individualism in theory or practice

transferring the democratic tradition from individualistic to collectivist economic foundations — Paul Woodring

d. : characterized by marked individuality

erratic and strongly individualistic personalities — Book-of-the-Month Club News

peculiarly individualistic interior paintings — Time

• in·di·vid·u·al·is·ti·cal·ly | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷|listə̇k(ə)lē, -tēk-, -li adverb

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.