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INDIVIDUAL
individual, single
(adjective) being or characteristic of a single thing or person; “individual drops of rain”; “please mark the individual pages”; “they went their individual ways”
individual, case-by-case, item-by-item
(adjective) separate and distinct from others of the same kind; “mark the individual pages”; “on a case-by-case basis”
individual, single
(adjective) characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; “an individual serving”; “single occupancy”; “a single bed”
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
(noun) a human being; “there was too much for one person to do”
individual
(noun) a single organism
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
individual (plural individuals)
A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
(legal) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
(statistics) An element belonging to a population.
Adjective
individual (comparative more individual, superlative most individual)
Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
Not divisible without losing its identity.
Synonyms
• (relating to a single person or thing): single, selfstanding
• (intended for a single person or thing): personal, single
Antonyms
• (relating to a single person or thing): collective
• (intended for a single person or thing): group, joint, shared
Source: Wiktionary
In`di*vid"u*al, a. Etym: [L. individuus indivisible; pref. in- not + dividuus divisible, fr. dividere to divide: cf. F. individuel. See Divide.]
1. Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city. Mind has a being of its own, distinct from that of all other things, and is pure, unmingled, individual substance. A. Tucker. United as one individual soul. Milton.
2. Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities.
In`di*vid"u*al, n.
1. A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person. Cowper. An object which is in the strict and primary sense one, and can not be logically divided, is called an individual. Whately. That individuals die, his will ordains. Dryden.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal. (b) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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