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Individual
An individual is that which exists as a distinct entity. Individuality (or self-hood) is the state or quality of being an individual; particularly of being a person separate from other people and possessing their own needs or goals, rights and responsibilities. The exact definition of an individual is important in the fields of biology, law, and philosophy.
From the 15th century and earlier (and also today within the fields of statistics and metaphysics) individual meant “indivisible”, typically describing any numerically singular thing, but sometimes meaning “a person”. From the 17th century on, individual indicates separateness, as in individualism.Although individuality and individualism are commonly considered to mature with age/time and experience/wealth, a sane adult human being is usually considered by the state as an “individual person” in law, even if the person denies individual culpability (“I followed instructions”). An individual person is accountable for their actions/decisions/instructions, subject to prosecution in both national and international law, from the time that they have reached age of majority, often though not always more or less coinciding with the granting of voting rights, tax and military duties/ individual right to bear arms (protected only under certain constitutions). In line with hierarchy, ultimate individual human reward for success and responsibility for failure is nonetheless found at the top of human society
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Personal (adjective)
Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
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Personal (adjective)
Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general
“personal question;”
“personal desire”
“Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.”
“You can’t read my diary – it is personal.”
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Personal (adjective)
Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal.
“personal charms”
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Personal (adjective)
Done in person; without the intervention of another.
“a personal interview;”
“personal settings”
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Personal (adjective)
Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner
“personal reflections or remarks”
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Personal (adjective)
Denoting a person.
“a personal’ pronoun”
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Personal (noun)
An advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests.
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Personal (noun)
A movable; a chattel.
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Individual (noun)
A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
“He is an unusual individual.”
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Individual (noun)
A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
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Individual (noun)
An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
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Individual (noun)
An element belonging to a population.
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Individual (adjective)
Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
“As we can’t print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one.”
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Individual (adjective)
Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
“individual personal pension; individual cream cakes”
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Individual (adjective)
Not divisible without losing its identity.
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Personal (adjective)
belonging to or affecting a particular person rather than anyone else
“her personal fortune was recently estimated at £37 million”
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Personal (adjective)
done or made by a particular person; involving the actual presence or action of a particular individual
“the President and his wife made personal appearances for the re-election of the state governor”
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Personal (adjective)
of or concerning one’s private life, relationships, and emotions rather than one’s career or public life
“the book describes his sporting career and gives little information about his personal life”
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Personal (adjective)
referring to an individual’s character, appearance, or private life in an inappropriate or offensive way
“he had the cheek to make personal remarks”
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Personal (adjective)
relating to a person’s body
“personal hygiene”
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Personal (adjective)
of or denoting one of the three persons.
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Personal (adjective)
existing as a self-aware entity, not as an abstraction or an impersonal force
“he rejected the notion of a personal God”
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Personal (noun)
an advertisement or message in the personal column of a newspaper.
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Individual (adjective)
single; separate
“individual tiny flowers”
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Individual (adjective)
of or for a particular person
“the individual needs of the children”
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Individual (adjective)
designed for use by one person
“a casserole served in individual portions”
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Individual (adjective)
characteristic of a particular person or thing
“she was surprised at how individual the others’ bodies were”
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Individual (adjective)
having a striking or unusual character; original
“she creates her own, highly individual landscapes”
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Individual (noun)
a single human being as distinct from a group
“boat trips for parties and individuals”
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Individual (noun)
a single member of a class
“they live in a group or as individuals, depending on the species”
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Individual (noun)
a person of a specified kind
“the most selfish, egotistical individual I have ever met”
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Individual (noun)
a distinctive or original person.