noun.
The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized.
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noun.
discriminating the individual from the generic group or species
Word Usage
"Many of them could not be raised above the lowest class of common labourers, but by adopting a system of individualization, that is studying each man's natural abilities, we could always arrive at the best results."