Individualistic \In`di*vid`u*al*is"tic\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the individual or individualism. --London Athen[ae]um.
2. exhibiting marked individuality[3] in thought and action; as, an individualistic way of dressing.
Syn: individualist. [WordNet 1.5]
Mr. Lowings fears Mr. Haber might be a member of a dying Yankee breed of individualistic inventors.
For summer, he has used materials on hand - pieces of cloth left over in his studio, leaves from the garden, even strips of salmon skin. The effect is exquisite and individualistic.
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This highly relativistic and individualistic approach constitutes the promotion of a fundamental faith claim opposed to other religious faiths."
Likewise, Carol Ryrie Brink's Newbery award-winning "Caddie Woodlawn" (Macmillan, $13.95; paperback, $3.95) contrasts the English aristocratic ideal of hereditary privilege and the American individualistic ideals of freedom and the self-made person.
Maybe there's some resentment of skateboarders' highly individualistic ways.
It was the brash, individualistic ethos of the 'bubble era' which threatened traditional values.
"Ears are pretty individualistic," he says.
Americans value an aggressive, quick, individualistic decision-making style.
Along with "Coming Home," the anti-war Vietnam story starring Jane Fonda and Jon Voight, Ashby turned out a string of highly individualistic and idiosyncratic hits during the 1970s.
A few years ago any show of beauty was hidden for fear of being accused of displaying bourgeois individualistic tendencies.