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Individualism
The idea or conviction that the
individual is the locus of intellectual thought and cultural/political
conditions. It claims that, since the individual is unique, and has
the capacity for reason, he must be left to develop and prosper as he
decides. A contrasting idea is that of collectivism that holds the
group is more important than the individual and that the individual must
subordinate himself or be subordinated by force to the goals and wishes of
the state or group.
