individualistic

CEFRC1

/ˌɪndɪˌvɪdʒuəˈlɪstɪk/

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People in individualistic cultures may be more concerned with distributive justice than people in collectivistic cultures because they have such clear-cut notions of individual equity.
It is, then, as a treatise of social forces, individualistic and collectivistic, in German literature that Francke's work must be tested, not as a history of the artistic form and content of that literature.
A few examples will demonstrate the cultural basis of individualistic, greedy, and anticooperative behavior.

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It is, then, as a treatise of social forces, individualistic and collectivistic, in German literature that Francke's work must be tested, not as a history of the artistic form and content of that literature.
1895, The Citizen, page 398
People in individualistic cultures may be more concerned with distributive justice than people in collectivistic cultures because they have such clear-cut notions of individual equity.
2001, David Matsumoto, The Handbook of Culture and Psychology, page 395
A few examples will demonstrate the cultural basis of individualistic, greedy, and anticooperative behavior.
2012, Carl Ratner, Cooperation, Community, and Co-Ops in a Global Era, page 46
The researchers posit that something they call the “hipster effect” asserts itself in human populations no matter how individualistic we imagine ourselves to be, because it’s individuality itself that sparks conformity.
2014 December 2, David DiSalvo, “Are You Vulnerable to the Hipster Effect?”, in Psychology Today, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025

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From individualist + -ic or individual + -istic.