different between originality vs individualism

English

Etymology

From French originalité. Surface etymology is original +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????d???næl?ti/

Noun

originality (countable and uncountable, plural originalities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being original or novel.
2. (uncountable) The capacity to think independently or be inventive.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 132:

     Originality may be the capacity to look at the same facts and see new explanations.

3. (countable) Something original.

Translations

Further reading

• "originality" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 230.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French individualisme; synchronically, individual +? -ism.

Noun

individualism (countable and uncountable, plural individualisms)

1. The tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought.
2. The moral stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that promotes independence and self-reliance of individual people, while opposing the interference with each person's choices by society, the state, or any other group or institution.
3. (logic) The doctrine that only individual things are real.
4. (philosophy) The doctrine that nothing exists but the individual self.

Synonyms

• (philosophy): solipsism

Antonyms

• (acting without reference to others): collectivism, statism

Translations

References

• OED2

Romanian

Etymology

From French individualisme

Noun

individualism n (uncountable)

1. individualism

Declension