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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

individualismo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: indiviðualismo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Individualism/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪd.ʒu.əl.ɪ.zəm/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O individualismo é uma característica importante da cultura ocidental."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A social theory advocating the liberty, rights, or independent action of the individual.

    "In a society that values individualism, personal freedom is often prioritized over collective goals."
  2. 2

    The belief that the individual is the primary unit of analysis in social and political theory.

    "The rise of individualism in the 20th century influenced many political movements focused on personal rights."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French individualismu, based on the Latin individuus meaning 'indivisible', emerging in the early 19th century. Initially used in political philosophy to describe social independence, it evolved to encompass self-reliance and the moral worth of the individual.

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