[syn: individualistic, laissez-faire(a)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Individualistic \In`di*vid`u*al*is"tic\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the individual or individualism.
--London Athen[ae]um.
[1913 Webster]
2. exhibiting marked individuality[3] in thought and action;
as, an individualistic way of dressing.
Syn: individualist.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
individualistic
adj 1: marked by or expressing individuality; "an
individualistic way of dressing" [syn: individualist,
individualistic]
2: with minimally restricted freedom in commerce [syn:
individualistic, laissez-faire(a)]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "individualistic":
absolute, acquisitive, ambitious for self, autarchic, autarkic,
autistic, autonomous, bourgeois, capitalist, careerist, certain,
concrete, defined, definite, detailed, determinate, different,
distinct, distinguished, egotistical, esoteric, especial,
exceptional, express, extraordinary, fixed, free-enterprise,
free-spirited, freewheeling, grasping, greedy, heretical,
heterodox, independent, individual, individualist, inner,
inner-directed, intimate, minute, narcissistic, neutral,
nonaligned, nonconformist, nonpartisan, nonsocialistic, noteworthy,
particular, personal, personalistic, possessive, precise, private,
private-enterprise, privatistic, remote, respective, self-absorbed,
self-admiring, self-advancing, self-besot, self-centered,
self-considerative, self-contained, self-dependent,
self-determined, self-devoted, self-directing, self-esteeming,
self-governed, self-governing, self-indulgent, self-interested,
self-jealous, self-occupied, self-pleasing, self-reliant,
self-seeking, self-serving, self-subsistent, self-sufficient,
self-supporting, selfish, several, singular, solipsistic,
sovereign, special, specific, third-force, third-world,
unorthodox