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Definitions: Individualist |
IndividualistAdjective1. Marked by or expressing individuality; "an individualistic way of dressing". Noun1. A person who pursues independent thought or action. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "individualist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
Synonym: IndividualistSynonym: individualistic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Individualist |
| English words defined with "individualist": rugged individualist ♦ withdrawer. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Individualist" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (individualist), Romanian (egotist, individualist, individualistic), Swedish (individualist). |
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| "Individualist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.74% of the time. "Individualist" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90.74% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 7.41% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.85% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 54 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "individualist": rugged individualist. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "individualist": anti-individualist, hyper-individualist, libertarian-individualist, romantic-individualist. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
the individualist | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "individualist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الفدرالي (federal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 个人主义者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | individualista. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فردگرای , تک روی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | individualiste (individualistic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | individualist. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φίλαυτοσ (selfish), ατομικιστήσ, ατομιστήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megrögzött individualista (rugged individualist), feltétlen függetlenséget kívánó individualista (rugged individualist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | individualis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | individualista. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 個人主義者 , インディア紙 (an Indian, independent, India paper, individual, individualism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "じ"しゅぎしゃ, インディ"ジュアリスト . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 개인주의자. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | individualistay individualismo (particularism). (various references) individualist (egotist, individualistic). (various references) индивидуалист (egotist, standout). (various references) individualista. (various references) individualista (individualistic, party pooper). (various references) individualist. (various references) індивідуаліст (egotist). (various references) người theo chủ nghĩa cá nhân. (various references) unigolydd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "individualist": individualistic, individualistically, individualists. (additional references) | |
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"Individualist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: individualit. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "individualist" (pronounced i'ndivuduw"ulust) |
| 5 | -u l u s t | agriculturalist, analyst, capitalist, catalyst, colonialist, conversationalist, cyclist, editorialist, environmentalist, federalist, finalist, formalist, fundamentalist, generalist, gentlest, herbalist, humblest, imperialist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, internationalist, journalist, littlest, loyalist, materialist, medalist, mercantilist, monopolist, motorcyclist, nationalist, naturalist, neutralist, novelist, panelist, photojournalist, populist, psychoanalyst, semifinalist, socialist, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, survivalist, televangelist, traditionalist, ultranationalist, vocalist. |
| 4 | -l u s t | ablest, ballast, bicyclist, calloused, cellist, coolest, cruelest, dullest, fullest, idealist, noblest, palest, simplest, smallest, tallest, violist. |
| 3 | -u s t | abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, canoeist, canvassed, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cultist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, freest, freshest, friendliest, funnest, funniest, furthest, geneticist, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humorist, hygienist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, impressionist, interest, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, meanest, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, newest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, sweetest, swiftest, tannest, technologist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, virologist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-i-i-i-i-l-n-s-t-u-v" | |
-2 letters: individuals. | |
-3 letters: individual. | |
-5 letters: diluvian, dividual, indusial, initials, invalids. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-i-i-i-i-l-n-s-t-u-v" | |
+1 letter: individualists. | |
+2 letters: individualistic, individualities. | |
+5 letters: individualizations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 64 69 76 69 64 75 61 6C 69 73 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. -.. .. ...- .. -.. ..- .- .-.. .. ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100100 01101001 01110110 01101001 01100100 01110101 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n d i v i d u a l i s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0064 0069 0076 0069 0064 0075 0061 006C 0069 0073 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43807075887570876778758586 |
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