personalism
/ˈpɚs(ə)nəˌlɪzəm/noun
personalism is a noun meaning “The character of being personal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-S-M, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of personalism is personalisms.
What does personalism mean?
noun
- 1
The character of being personal.
- 2
A doctrine of subjective idealism that regards personality as the means of interpreting reality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce personalism?
- US /ˈpɚs(ə)nəˌlɪzəm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of personalism
- personalisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is personalism?
Personalism appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Personalism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense doctrine of subjective idealism:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | personnalisme |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does personalism come from?
From personal + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).