individualism
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the quality of being individual
so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality
Types & categories
- trait hypernym
- singularity hyponym
- distinctiveness hyponym
Related & opposite
- commonality antonym
- individual attribute
- individualist derivation
- individuate derivation
- individuate derivation
- individual derivation
- individualist derivation
Sense 2 noun
a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence
Types & categories
- belief hypernym
- rugged individualism hyponym
Related & opposite
- individualist derivation
Sense 3 noun
the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
Types & categories
- doctrine hypernym
Related & opposite
- laissez-fairea derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | commonality |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | individual |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | individualist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | individuate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | individuate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | individual |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | individualist |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | trait |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | singularity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distinctiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | individualist |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | belief |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rugged individualism |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | laissez-fairea |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | doctrine |