individualist
/ˌɪndɪvɪdˈuəlɪst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone who believes in individualism as a sociopolitical system.
noun
Someone who believes in the philosophy of individualism; a solipsist.
noun
Someone who does as they wish, unconstrained by external influences.
Example Sentences
- "However, apart from all this, the Chief was a grand old man, belonging to a class of individualists which seems to be dying out in these days, when standard behaviour seems to be as prevalent as standard designs."
- "Miró was too much of an individualist to simply subscribe to an aesthetic party platform of Mediterranean art, which wanted to move forward, but only at a safe trot."
Etymology
Etymology tree English individual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English individualist From individual + -ist.