individualism
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And as we’re questioning our long-held beliefs about “sink or swim” individualism and intellectual elitism, this is also an interrupter.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
So I’ll leave us with a bit of his advice for the future: “Be agents of communion, capable of breaking down the logic of division and polarization, of individualism and egocentrism.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025
Researchers say the trend is part of a broader move toward individualism among urban professionals, particularly women.
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
Perhaps the seeds of redemption lay not just in perseverance, hard work, and rugged individualism.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing individualism
Some Political and Philosophical -isms
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Word Generation Social Studies - Ancient Civilizations of Egypt, Greece, Rome
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The Renaissance and Reformation, Lessons 1–2
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