Individualism

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The quality of being individual; individuality; personality.

II. Individualism ·noun An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self-interest; selfishness.

III. Individualism ·add. ·noun The principle, policy, or practice of maintaining individuality, or independence of the individual, in action; the theory or practice of maintaining the independence of individual initiative, action, and interests, as in industrial organization or in government.