individualism
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The best critic of liberal individualism is Tocqueville in Democracy in America.
From Slate • May 16, 2026
After meeting with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1984, President Reagan believed that market reforms could move China toward American-style capitalism, democracy and individualism.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
Some Washington watchers have praised her for what they call her independence and individualism, while others say her accomplishments fall short of previous first ladies such as Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Reagan.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
Some historians find its origins in the secular individualism of the 18th-century Enlightenment, or in the earlier political thought of John Locke or Thomas Hobbes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
He lost his wife and son to an epidemic carried by the soldiery, his royal patron was deposed, and he was excommunicated by the Lutheran Church for his uncompromising individualism on matters of doctrine.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing individualism
Some Political and Philosophical -isms
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Word Generation Social Studies - Ancient Civilizations of Egypt, Greece, Rome
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The Renaissance and Reformation, Lessons 1–2
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