adj.
- single; separate.
- of or for a particular person.
▸designed for use by one person.
- striking or unusual; original.
n.
- a single human being or item as distinct from a group.
▸
informal a person of a specified kind:
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a most selfish, egotistical individual.
- a distinctive or original person.
Derivative
- individualization
or individualisation n. - individualize
or individualise v. - individually adv.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘indivisible’): from med. L. individualis, from L. individuus, based on dividere ‘to divide’.
