yksilöllisten

Yksilöllisten is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the adjective yksilöllinen, meaning individual or personalized. It functions as the genitive plural inflection of that adjective and is used to modify a following noun that is in the genitive case. For example, yksilöllisten ihmisten näkemykset means the views of individual people. In practice, yksilöllisten signals attribution or relation to multiple individuals.

Morphology and usage notes: Finnish adjectives decline to agree with their nouns in number and case. For the adjective yksilöllinen, common forms include nominative singular yksilöllinen, genitive singular yksilöllisen, nominative plural yksilölliset, genitive plural yksilöllisten, and partitive plural yksilöllisiä. The form yksilöllisten appears most often when the accompanying noun is plural and in genitive (e.g., yksilöllisten ihmisten, yksilöllisten tarpeiden). It can also appear in legal, sociological, or educational texts where group-level individuality or personalized aspects are discussed.

Semantic nuance: The term emphasizes individuality or personalization, contrasting with generic or collective descriptions. It is often used in contexts such as policy-making, consumer studies, education, health, and design to acknowledge differences between people or to stress tailored approaches.

Related concepts: The base adjective yksilöllinen (individualized/personalized), the noun yksilö (individual), and abstract noun forms like yksilöllisyys (individuality). Finnish writers use yksilöllisten to articulate relationships involving multiple individuals or the needs, views, or attributes of a group of people.

Applications: In academic writing, reports, and policy documents, yksilöllisten helps express consideration of individual differences within a population, or the unique characteristics of several persons.