individual initiative

collocation in English

meaningsofindividualandinitiative

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individual
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us
/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
existing and considered separately from the other things or people in ...
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initiative
noun
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.t̬ɪv/
a new plan or process to achieve something or solve ...
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(Definition ofindividualandinitiativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindividual initiative

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With its emphasis onindividualinitiativeand action, anarchism provided a suitable cover for the individuals who made up the incontrolats.
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Of these sixteen radio addresses, six discussed the importance of characterbuilding andindividualinitiative.
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He maintained thatindividualinitiativecould be nurtured by the guidance of strong institutions, such as well-administered public schools.
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Nevertheless, they acquired the reputation being excessively violent, aggressive and capable of leadership, collective action as well asindividualinitiative.
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The most effective social and political arrangements are those that releaseindividualinitiativeand decision-making.
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This, he argued, repressedindividualinitiativeand frustrated the development of private entrepreneurship.
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The environment is seen as an endless frontier and a place whereindividualinitiativecan change societal and individual fortunes.
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Moreover, the uncertainty and abruptness of its ending meant that the wider dissemination of the lessons learned was almost entirely unplanned and left toindividualinitiative.
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We may then say that the efforts of these individuals are co-ordinated by exercising theirindividualinitiativeand that this self-co-ordination justifies their liberty on public grounds.
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Commoners defended their extensive grazing, while 'improvers' lauded the virtues of investment, market orientation, andindividualinitiative, and sought to enclose areas of rough grazing for intensive use.
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It occurs in societies in which access to positions of leadership is not heavily institutionalized but is fluid and in significant degree a matter ofindividualinitiativeand charisma.
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The collaborative process benefits the individual: the sharing of thoughts and ideas encourages students to examine and reconsider their particular learning strategies and stimulatesindividualinitiative.
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The economy needs assistance regarding the introduction of technology, awakening the spirit of entrepreneurship, encouraging citizens' commitment and supportingindividualinitiative.
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Communal grazing preventsindividualinitiativein sound pasturation.
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It should not destroyindividualinitiative.
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Individualinitiativeis somewhat easily discouraged.
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Have we allowed the great industrial machine to get so vast in its organisation that there is no place left forindividualinitiative?
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They have nothing to do withindividualinitiative.
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