1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
They possess separate individualities. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked individuality. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A habit of thinking and acting in one's own distinctive manner and as one believes appropriate, not being heavily influenced by the opinions of others; -- of people. [ PJC ]
(n) (personal) circumstances, See Also: individuality, condition in life, personal condition, Example:โครงการพระราชดำริมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อให้คนไทยได้กินดีอยู่ดีตามควรแก่อัตภาพ, Thai Definition:ลักษณะความเป็นตัวตนหรือบุคคล, Notes:(บาลี)
(n) the quality of being individual, Syn. individualism, individuation, Ant. commonality, Example:so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality