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Rugged individualism   /rˈəgəd ˌɪndɪvɪdˈuəlˌɪzəm/   Listen
Rugged individualism

noun
1.
Individualism in social and economic affairs; belief not only in personal liberty and self-reliance but also in free competition.





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... are an altogether unregimented people, with a strong belief in the virtues of rugged individualism and in the right of the average man to go along about as he pleases, so long as he does not do actual injury to society. Voluntary group cooperation rather than absolute group loyalty, developing from a strong spiritual bond, is the basic technic of Americans in ...
— The Armed Forces Officer - Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 • U. S. Department of Defense


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