Individualist and Nihilist

Both Logically and Grammatically, 'individual' is properly a quantifier, not a substantive. Thus, 'an individual' either connotes 'an individual X', or else is meaningless. Likewise, the product of a process of Individuation is an instance of some general type. But, a non-conformist is the negation of some general type, not an instance of it. Thus, some contemporary non-conformers, e. g. one conceived as 'self-sufficient', someone who is 'politically incorrect', etc., are often mis-characterized as 'Individualist', when 'Nihilist' would be more accurate.