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.
a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence
the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
the quality of being individual: "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"
the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"
