individualist

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒuəlɪst/ UK /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdjuəlɪst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who asserts independence in thought or action

A staunch individualist, she refused to follow the crowd.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who asserts... nonconformist independentfreethinkermaverick egoist

Opposites

collectivistconformist

Word family

Derived forms individualisticindividualistically

Related forms individual individualism individuality individualize

Etymology

From individual + -ist; individual from Medieval Latin individualis, from Latin individuus ('indivisible'), from in- ('not') + dividuus ('divisible'), from dividere ('to divide').

individuus Latin dividere Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# individualist

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒuəlɪst/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdjuəlɪst/

## Meanings
1. a person who asserts independence in thought or action

## Examples
- A staunch individualist, she refused to follow the crowd.

## Synonyms
- nonconformist
- independent
- freethinker
- maverick
- egoist

## Antonyms
- collectivist
- conformist

## Derived Forms
- individualistic
- individualistically

## Related Forms
- individual
- individualism
- individuality
- individualize

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: individuus
- Root: dividere

## Etymology
From individual + -ist; individual from Medieval Latin individualis, from Latin individuus ('indivisible'), from in- ('not') + dividuus ('divisible'), from dividere ('to divide').

## AI Etymology
Individualist comes from individual + -ist; individual from Medieval Latin individualis, from Latin individuus ('indivisible'), from in- ('not') + dividuus ('divisible'), from dividere ('to divide'). The etymological trail includes Latin individuus and Latin dividere. As a noun, individualist means a person who asserts independence in thought or action. The same family is visible in derived forms such as individualistic and individualistically and related forms such as individual, individualism, individuality, and individualize. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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