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individualism

concept regarding the moral worth of the individual
Intangible ideology Q171995
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Friedrich Engels · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

individualism is an ideology[1]. individualism draws 5,074 Wikipedia views per month (ideology category, ranking #9 of 81).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: political philosophy[3]
  • Subclass of: -ism[4]
  • Part of: collectivism and individualism[5]
  • Commons category: Individualism[6]
  • Opposite of: collectivism[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Individualism[8]
  • Facet of: individual[9], art[10], bohemianism[11], humanism[12]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[17], Red Blue Translator[18]
  • Significant person: James Elishama Smith[19], William Maccall[20]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]

Why It Matters

individualism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] individualism is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

art Emile, or On Education Max Stirner Ralph Waldo Emerson

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → individualism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: individualism, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289936208|individualism (#289936208)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Politiklexikon id → 296381
    P14541 → ['1jcNrK', '3JoHWq', '1lt24j']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001955-individualismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001955-individualismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → collectivism and individualism
    Instance of → —
    Facet of → individual, art, bohemianism +1
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 7321, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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