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/ɪndˌɪvɪdʒuˈælɪti/ Listen

noun

Individuality n. (pl. individualities)

The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity. "They possess separate individualities."

The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked individuality.

A habit of thinking and acting in one's own distinctive manner and as one believes appropriate, not being heavily influenced by the opinions of others; of people.

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Etymology of 'Individuality'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Individuality" Quotes from Famous Books

... occupied for some years; and in 1901 he was commissioned by King Edward VII. to paint a picture of the coronation, containing many portraits elaborately grouped. The dramatic subjects, and the brilliant colouring of his on pictures, gave them pronounced individuality among the works of contemporary painters. Abbey became a member not only of the Royal Academy, but also of the National Academy of Design of New York, and honorary member of the Royal Bavarian Society, the Societe Nationale des ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... was no believer in the individuality of God, and had spoken both lightly and at random when he had referred to the young man's ...

— Virgie's Inheritance • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

... with the "average" child that does not exist, and to attempt the futile task of drawing the laggard up to this arbitrary average and of holding the genius down to it. The effort is being made to have the teacher recognize the individuality of each child; but the mother is still expected to confine her ...

— Your Child: Today and Tomorrow • Sidonie Matzner Gruenberg

... looked eagerly down upon the beautiful scene, in spite of the exaltation that filled her: her artistic sense was the one individuality she possessed. The chapel was aglow with the soft radiance of many wax candles. They stood in high candelabra against the somber drapery on the walls, and there were at least a hundred about the coffin on its high catafalque before the altar; ...

— The Spinner's Book of Fiction • Various

... perpetually by the passions of the world, forced into outline and being by the energy of individual lives, realising itself in pulse after pulse, dominant at last, serene, manifest, and triumphant. There she stayed, losing the sense of individuality, merging it by a long sustained effort of the will, drinking, as she thought, long breaths of the spirit of life ...

— Lord of the World • Robert Hugh Benson

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