A more positive use of the term in britain came to be used with the writings of james elishama smith who was a millenarian and a.
Origin of the phrase rugged individualism.
Meaning vigorous strong robust is american english by 1848.
We were challenged with a peace time choice between the american system of rugged individualism and a european philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines doctrines of paternalism and state socialism.
Rugged definition having a roughly broken rocky hilly or jagged surface.
An advocate of rugged individualism as a social or economic ideal.
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