rugged individualism
originally and chiefly US
noun
Independence or self-sufficiency of character, hardy self-reliance; specifically individualism as a social and economic ideal, especially as associated with the free-market economic system of the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Godey's Magazine.
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