Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun individualism

3 senses of individualism

Sense 1
individuality, individualism, individuation -- (the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality")
       => trait -- (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Sense 2
individualism -- (a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence)
       => belief -- (any cognitive content held as true)

Sense 3
individualism, laissez faire -- (the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs)
       => doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism -- (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)