different between voluntarism vs individualism

English

Etymology

voluntary +? -ism

Noun

voluntarism (countable and uncountable, plural voluntarisms)

1. (US) A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism.
2. (philosophy) A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect.
3. (politics) The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.

Derived terms

• voluntarist
• voluntaristic

See also

• voluntaryism

Romanian

Etymology

From French volontarisme

Noun

voluntarism n (uncountable)

1. voluntarism

Declension

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