individualism

英[ɪndɪ'vɪdjʊ(ə)lɪz(ə)m] 美[,ɪndɪ'vɪdʒuəlɪzəm]

1. the quality of being individual;

"so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"

2. a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence

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