Definitions of individualism

1. the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs

2. The quality of being individual; individuality; personality.

3. An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self- interest; selfishness.

4. The principle, policy, or practice of maintaining individuality, or independence of the individual, in action; the theory or practice of maintaining the independence of individual initiative, action, and interests, as in industrial organization or in government.

5. The quality of being distinct or peculiar in character; a social system in which each person works for himself alone; the theory of government which disapproves the interference of the state in the affairs of the separate persons concerned.

6. The state of regard to individual interests instead of those of society at large.

7. The quality of being individual; an excessive or undue attachment to the interests of individuals; self- interest.

8. Symbiosis in which the two parties together form what appears to be a single organism.