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Noun

individual (plural individuals)

1. A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
   • He is an unusual individual.
2. A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
   • Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination […].1982, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
3. An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
   • It is typically held that chairs, trees, rocks, people and many of the so-called ‘everyday’ objects we encounter can be regarded as individuals.2006, Steven French, “Identity and Individuality in Quantum Theory”, in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
4. An element belonging to a population.

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