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Individualism

The quality of being individual; individuality; personality.

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Broader term 5

Belief 76% connected

Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; rel…

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Doctrine 76% connected

Teaching; instruction.

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Ism 76% connected

A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.

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Philosophy 76% connected

Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes an…

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Trait 76% connected

A stroke; a touch.

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Distinctiveness 76% connected

State of being distinctive.

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Peculiarity 76% connected

The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.

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Singularity 76% connected

The quality or state of being singular; some character or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all, or from most, others; peculiarity.

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Speciality 76% connected

A particular or peculiar case; a particularity.

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Specialty 76% connected

Particularity.

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Derivationally related 4

Individualistic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the individual or individualism.

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Individualistic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the individual or individualism.

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Single 74% connected

One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

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Single 74% connected

One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

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Attribute 4

Individual 66% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Individual 66% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Single 66% connected

One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

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Single 66% connected

One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

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Synonym 3

Individuality 92% connected

The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity.

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Individuation 92% connected

The act of individuating or state of being individuated; individualization.

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Laissez faire 92% connected

Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufac…

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