individuality meaning

Pronunciation:   "individuality" in a sentence
Noun: individuality  `indu`vijoo'alitee
  1. The quality of being individual
    "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"
    - individualism, individuation 
  2. The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
    - identity, personal identity

Derived forms: individualities

See also: individual

Type of: personality, trait

Antonym: commonality

Encyclopedia: Individuality


[Medicine]
Those psychological characteristics which differentiate individuals from one another.

Examples

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  1. she believed in expensive individuality.
  2. hawthorne's characters may lack an air of individuality.
  3. you must sacrifice your poor, squawking, niggardly individuality.
  4. these functions and attributes have given vitality as well as individuality to the organization.
  5. the fruits of such a system are a glittering consumer society which stifles creativity and individuality.

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