individualism
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(noun) the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs |
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Synonyms: laissez faire |
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Related Words: doctrine, ism, philosophy, school of thought |
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(noun) a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence |
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Related Words: belief, rugged individualism |
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(noun) the quality of being individual: "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality" |
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Synonyms: individuality |
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Related Words: distinctiveness, peculiarity, singularity, speciality, specialness, specialty, trait, uniqueness |
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