What is the meaning of individualism?

noun

  • The quality of being individual.
    • usage: "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"
  • A belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence.
  • The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs.
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