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As Commonly Used, An Individual Is A Person Or Any Specific Object In A Collection. In The 15Th Century And Earlier, And Also Today Within The Fields Of Statistics And Metaphysics, Individual Means Indivisible, Typically Describing Any Numerically Singular Thing, But Sometimes Meaning A Person. (Q.v. The Problem Of Proper Names). From The Seventeenth Century On, Individual Indicates Separateness, As In Individualism. Individuality Is The State Or Quality Of Being An Individual; A Person Separate From Other Persons And Possessing His Or Her Own Needs, Goals, And Desires.