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Solitude vs Individualism - What's the difference?

solitude | individualism |

As nouns the difference between solitude and individualism

is that solitude is aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself while individualism is the tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought.

solitude

English

Noun

(wikipedia solitude)
  • Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.
  • A lonely or deserted place.
  • * 1813 , , Canto 2, stanza 20:
  • Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease!
    He makes a solitude , and calls it — peace.

    Synonyms

    * aloneness

    Antonyms

    * intimacy

    Derived terms

    * two solitudes

    See also

    * loneliness ----

    individualism

    Noun

    (-)
  • The tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought.
  • 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.
  • Antonyms

    * collectivism * statism