How to Use individualism in a Sentence

individualism

noun

• He was respected for his self-reliance and individualism.
• Happily, Zhao has a sharp sense of when and how to hit the brakes on the wrong, corny kind of rugged individualism.
  — Michael Phillips, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2018
• This age is one of tremendous growth and fun, as well as challenges that come in the form of strong individualism, big ideas and mood swings.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• In the case of The Matrix, the (not) hidden agenda is just about the importance of individualism.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024
• But the past week has cast Rodgers’s individualism—and his posturing—in a new light.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2021
• Inside the roaring fire of individualism, the still small voice of guilt.
  — Marco Roth, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
• But the virtue of individualism doesn't take away our obligation to act for the common good.
  — David G. Allan, CNN, 19 Sep. 2020
• And yet, the same peal of individualism that rang in his predecessor’s words still echoes in his.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 9 June 2021
• All of the guest hosts have brought individualism, energy and an authentic love of our show to each of their episodes.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2021
• What the science of social pain begins to reveal is the dark error at the heart of individualism.
  — Will Storr, The Cut, 25 Apr. 2018
• Among the Amish, the word encompasses a calmness and patience, as well as a belief that individualism must take a back seat to the good of the community and the will of God.
  — Mark Johnson, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2019
• Oregon is a place where rugged individualism springs forth from a land of boundless awe, and where inspiration seems to seep from the soil.
  — OregonLive.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• Yet individualism, the other side of that dyad, will not leave Thompson at peace either.
  — Kenneth W. MacK, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019
• In the age of individualism, how did your partnership come about?
  — Stephan Rabimov, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
• Our society seems set up for individualism (even more so in the midst of a pandemic).
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 15 Mar. 2022
• That era, that decade seems marked more by individualism.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2020
• The limits of individualism ought to be clear with the formula shortage, too.
  — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 26 May 2022
• The lesson, appropriate to the Cold War era, is that individualism was to be celebrated — and, yes, put on a leash.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2022
• That applies, too, to the individualism that has done so much to shape, and threaten, American culture.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2020
• For 600 years, Madrid Cataluña ha robado not only of their money, but also of their sense of individualism.
  — Philip H. Devoe, National Review, 3 Oct. 2017
• The government looks the other way as AIDS ravages and kills, and the hole grows in the ozone layer; selfish individualism is regarded as a strength, perhaps even a virtue.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2017
• Many of us abide by a live-and-let-live philosophy, and guns are a perfect tool (and expression) of self-reliance and individualism.
  — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 21 Oct. 2020
• Emily says this view is very much a part of a Midwestern value of rugged individualism.
  — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2021
• Now, Web3 has given rise to a new age of cyber individualism.
  — Jim Tomanchek, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• Sablone hopes the sport keeps that ethos, that the money that comes from mainstream attention doesn’t steer it away from core values of individualism and expression.
  — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 26 July 2021
• Even if the rhetoric isn't that explicit, in a society that lauds rugged individualism above almost all else, the idea of a union becomes easier to scoff at.
  — Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• It’s related to that horrible individualism of Ayn Rand—Nietzsche for teenagers—and the idea that the power of will is the strongest power on the planet.
  — WIRED, 14 Oct. 2022
• Filial piety and individualism can exist side-by-side, and Mulan is far stronger and more admirable for having both.
  — Teresa Lo, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2020
• Her world has already descended into the horrors of individualism, where there is no community.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
• By the ensuing decades, individualism morphed from these personal freedoms into placing a premium on one’s uniqueness and personal choice.
  — Allie Volpe, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024