individualism

Example Sentences

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We became apex predators not because of individualism but because of a sense of community.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026

Solo travel bookings on platforms like Trip.com Group rose over 20% year-over-year in 2024, reflecting a shift towards individualism.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

Some historians find its origins in the secular individualism of the 18th-century Enlightenment, or in the earlier political thought of John Locke or Thomas Hobbes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

That's where individualism stops, out of the car.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025

He lost his wife and son to an epidemic carried by the soldiery, his royal patron was deposed, and he was excommunicated by the Lutheran Church for his uncompromising individualism on matters of doctrine.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan