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<p><b>2.</b> <def>An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self-interest; selfishness.</def>

<blockquote>The selfishness of the small proprietor has been described by the best writers as <b>individualism</b>. <i>Ed. Rev.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Individualistic</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vid`u*al*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the individual or individualism.</def>

<i>London Athen\'91um.</i>

<h1>Individuality</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vid`u*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Individualities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>individualit\'82</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<blockquote>They possess separate <b>individualities</b>. <i>H. Spencer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; <as>as, he is a person of marked <ex>individuality</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Individualization</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vid`u*al*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>individualization</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized; individuation.</def>

<h1>Individualize</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vid"u*al*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Individualized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Individualizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>individualiser</ets>.]</ety> <def>The mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality.</def>

<blockquote>The peculiarities which <b>individualize</b> and distinguish the humor of Addison. <i>N. Drake.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Individualizer</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vid"u*al*i`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who individualizes.</def>

<h1>Individually</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vid"u*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In an individual manner or relation; as individuals; separately; each by itself.</def> "<i>Individually</i> or collectively."

<i>Burke.</i>

<blockquote>How should that subsist solitarily by itself which hath no substance, but <b>individually</b> the very same whereby others subsist with it? <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In an inseparable manner; inseparably; incommunicably; indivisibly; <as>as, <ex>individually</ex>he same</as>.</def>

<blockquote>[Omniscience], an attribute <b>individually</b> proper to the Godhead. <i>Hakewill.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Individuate</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vid"u*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Individual</er>.]</ety> <def>Undivided.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Individuate</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vid"u*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Individua</er>ted (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Individuating</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To distinguish from others from others of the species; to endow with individuality; to divide into individuals; to discriminate.</def>