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adj. certain, precise

guy

human

adj. characteristic of people

vulnerable

human

noun. person, homo sapiens

adj. basic, hereditary

inner

adj. mental, private

life

noun. matter, fabric

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Word Origin & History

individual "a single object or thing," c.1600, from M.L. individualis, from L. individuus "indivisible," from in- "not" + dividuus "divisible," from dividere "divide." Colloquial sense of "person" is attested from 1742. As an adj., used from early 15c. meaning "one and indivisible" (with ref. to the Trinity). Sense of "single, separate" is 1610s; meaning "intended for one person" is from 1889."A majority can never replace the individual. ... Just as a hundred fools do not make one wise man, a heroic decision is not likely to come from a hundred cowards." [Adolf Hitler, "Mein Kampf," 1933]

Example Sentences for individual

Only an individual here and there sees that freedom and domination must belong to us.

Time after time He comes to the individual's relief according to His own law.

It is individual ardour alone that can combine into larger flame.

Her one art was histrionics of the kind that made an individual appeal.