rugged individualism

1. 1.

   individualism in social and economic affairs; belief not only in personal liberty and self-reliance but also in free competition

   Broaderindividualism

Questions about rugged individualism

What does rugged individualism mean?

rugged individualism means "individualism in social and economic affairs; belief not only in personal liberty and self-reliance but also in free competition".

Is rugged individualism a common word?

rugged individualism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.