Rugged Individualism Thesaurus

Rugged middle english 1100 1500 6.

Rugged individualism thesaurus.

Rugged individualism the belief that all individuals or nearly all individuals can succeed on their own and that government help for people should be minimal. The phrase is often associated with policies of the republican party and was widely used by the republican president herbert hoover. He became the prophet of rugged individualism of the doctrine that an american can accomplish anything he likes. ˈrʌgəd having long narrow shallow depressions as grooves or wrinkles in the surface.