"individualist" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-individualist.wav [US] Forms: individualists [plural]
Etymology: individual + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|individual|ist}} individual + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} individualist (plural individualists)
  1. Someone who believes in individualism as a sociopolitical system.
    Sense id: en-individualist-en-noun-mIZXWfZq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 42 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 36 36 28
  2. Someone who believes in the philosophy of individualism; a solipsist.
    Sense id: en-individualist-en-noun-nadXm28~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 42 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 36 36 28
  3. Someone who does as they wish, unconstrained by external influences. Categories (topical): People Synonyms (someone who does as they wish): free spirit Translations (someone who does as they wish): individualista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), individualista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Individualist [masculine] (German), Individualistin [feminine] (German), individualis (Malay), individualista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-individualist-en-noun-4V-cFRDI Disambiguation of People: 25 26 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 42 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 36 36 28 Disambiguation of 'someone who does as they wish': 19 19 62 Disambiguation of 'someone who does as they wish': 19 19 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heteroclite, nonconformist, maverick Related terms: anarcho-individualist, individualist anarchism, individualist anarchist, individualistic Translations (someone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system): individualista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), individualista [masculine] (Czech), individualiste [feminine, masculine] (French), individualista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Individualist [masculine] (German), Individualistin [feminine] (German), individualista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), individualis (Malay), individualista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), индивидуалист (individualist) [masculine] (Russian), individualista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'someone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system': 50 41 9

Inflected forms

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