Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-DI-VID'U-AL-ISM
IN-DI-VID'U-ALIN-DI-VID-U-AL'I-TY
IN-DI-VID'U-AL-ISM, n.
A mature and calm feeling, which disposes each member of the community to sever himself from the mass of his fellow creatures, and to draw apart with his family and friends; thus, forming a little circle of his own, he willingly leaves society at large to itself. De Tocqueville.
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