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Individualism is the idea that each person should be free to think, choose, and act for themselves, rather than always following the group or putting the community first. It is often used to describe a value that is especially strong in some cultures compared with cultures that put more weight on the group or family.
個人主義
組成individual (a single person) + -ism (a suffix for a belief or way of thinking, as in "capitalism" or "realism")
同家族的字
- individualthe same root word, just without "-ism"
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
individualismnoun/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/
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The tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought.
- He believes that self-improvement and its growing popularity are symptoms of what he calls individualism.
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The moral stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that promotes independence and self-reliance of individual people, while opposing the interference with each person's choices by society, the state, or any other group or institution.
- [A]nd that one great and all-important occasion and provocative of these beliefs was actually the rise of self-consciousness — that is, the coming of the mind to a more or less distinct awareness of itself and of its own operation, and the consequent development and growth of Individualism, and of the Self-centred attitude in human thought and action.
- Republicans and Democrats interpret individualism differently, and those divides are more pronounced than ever in our deeply polarized political climate.
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human-scienceslogicmathematicsThe doctrine that only individual things are real.
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human-sciencesphilosophysciencesThe doctrine that nothing exists but the individual self.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。