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Definitions: Individualistic |
IndividualisticAdjective1. Marked by or expressing individuality; "an individualistic way of dressing". 2. With minimally restricted freedom in commerce. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "individualistic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
Synonyms: IndividualisticSynonyms: individualist (adj), laissez-faire(a) (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Individualistic |
| English words defined with "individualistic": individualist, individualistically. (references) |
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Thomas Hobbes | Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad . . . but because man is by nature more individualistic than social. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The French are individualistic travelers, which explains why 70 percent choose Fly and Drive options. (references) | |
The German end-user has become more individualistic and more flexible with respect to home fashion that demands increased segmentation and customization. (references) | ||
Economic History | Costa Rica | The small landowners' relative poverty, the lack of a large indigenous labor force, the population's ethnic and linguistic homogeneity, and Costa Rica's isolation from the Spanish colonial centers in Mexico and the Andes all contributed to the development of an autonomous and individualistic agrarian society. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Individualistic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Individualistic" is used about 202 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 202 | 21,454 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Beginning with "individualistic": individualistic-minded. | |
Ending with "individualistic": non-individualistic. | |
| 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 |
culture individualistic | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "individualistic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | individual (individual, separate, several, special). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معقد بالفردانية, مؤمن بالفرداينة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | индивидуалистичен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 个人主义 (individualism, individualistically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | individualistický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yksilöllinen (individual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | individualiste (individualist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | individualistisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ατομικιστικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | individualista. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | individualistico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 個人的 (personal, self-centred). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "じ"てき (personal, self-centred). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 개인주의. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | individualisticay individualista (individuality). (various references) individualist (egotist, individualist). (various references) индивидуалистический. (various references) individualističan. (various references) individualista (individualist, party pooper). (various references) individualistisk. (various references) bireysel (individual, separate, singular). (various references) індивідуалістичний. (various references) có tính chất chủ nghĩa cá nhân. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "individualistic": individualistically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "individualistic" (pronounced i'ndivi'juwuli"stik) |
| 8 | -uw u l i" s t i k | ritualistic. |
| 7 | -u l i" s t i k | ballistic, capitalistic, dualistic, fatalistic, feudalistic, idealistic, imperialistic, journalistic, legalistic, materialistic, monopolistic, moralistic, nationalistic, naturalistic, novelistic, paternalistic, pluralistic, realistic, sensationalistic, socialistic. |
| 6 | -l i" s t i k | holistic, oligopolistic, simplistic, stylistic, surrealistic, unrealistic. |
| 5 | -i" s t i k | altruistic, anachronistic, antagonistic, artistic, atheistic, autistic, characteristic, chauvinistic, coloristic, cystic, deterministic, euphemistic, expressionistic, futuristic, hedonistic, humanistic, impressionistic, jingoistic, linguistic, logistic, mechanistic, militaristic, mystic, narcissistic, opportunistic, optimistic, pantheistic, patristic, pessimistic, polytheistic, primitivistic, propagandistic, puristic, relativistic, sadistic, statistic, synergistic, terroristic, uncharacteristic, voyeuristic. |
| 4 | -s t i k | acoustic, agnostic, atavistic, bombastic, caustic, diagnostic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dynastic, ecclesiastic, elastic, enthusiastic, evangelistic, fantastic, gymnastic, iconoclastic, inelastic, interscholastic, majestic, masochistic, monastic, onomastic, plastic, rustic, sarcastic, scholastic, thermoplastic, unenthusiastic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, alphabetic, amniotic, analytic, anesthetic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, arthritic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, athletic, attic, authentic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, catalytic, cathartic, chaotic, charismatic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, diabetic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, dramatic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, exotic, extragalactic, fanatic, ferromagnetic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, halophytic, hectic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, homeostatic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, lymphatic, magnetic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, narcotic, neritic, neurotic, numismatic, operatic, optic, orthodontic, pancreatic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, patriotic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, phonetic, phosphatic, pneumatic, poetic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, quixotic, rheumatic, robotic, romantic, schematic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, septic, skeptic, static, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unpatriotic, unsympathetic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-i-i-i-i-i-l-n-s-t-u-v" | |
-2 letters: individualist. | |
-4 letters: individuals. | |
-5 letters: individual. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-d-i-i-i-i-i-l-n-s-t-u-v" | |
+4 letters: individualistically. | |
| 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 69 63 |
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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 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n d i v i d u a l i s t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0064 0069 0076 0069 0064 0075 0061 006C 0069 0073 0074 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438070758875708767787585867569 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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