as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
an artistically inclined free spirit who felt alienated and stifled while growing up in a small town
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Recent Examples of free spirit
While their music continues to evolve, their unapologetically free spirit that electrified that June night in 2013 remains the core of their sound.
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Sara Ibrahim, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
Loose silhouettes, prints, and ruffles will have your inner free spirit on display this fall.
—Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2024
Wildflower represents all of us passionately experiencing life with a free spirit and sense of independence, able to grow and survive anywhere, and driven to succeed.
—Vogue Club, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024
The intention is seemingly to show that Lily is a quirky yet relatable bohemian free spirit.
—Cady Lang, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
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Sara Ibrahim, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
Loose silhouettes, prints, and ruffles will have your inner free spirit on display this fall.
—Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2024
Wildflower represents all of us passionately experiencing life with a free spirit and sense of independence, able to grow and survive anywhere, and driven to succeed.
—Vogue Club, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024
The intention is seemingly to show that Lily is a quirky yet relatable bohemian free spirit.
—Cady Lang, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free spirit
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But the state also has a bit of a maverick quality of electing Republicans to the governorship, and Republicans there saw some of the party’s largest improvements in November.Jared Gans, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
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Fred Harris was a maverick Democratic senator from Oklahoma who ran for president from the left.David Leonhardt, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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And while his rivals have landed serious blows against him, he’s embraced the tabloid-style frenzy at each of those junctures, incorporating them into his narrative identity as an underappreciated lone ranger constantly battling the world.TIME, TIME, 7 May 2024
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Look, first of all, Netanyahu is not a lone ranger.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2024
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This lone wolf phenomenon of domestic extremism is the most acute threat facing the country – and is also the hardest kind of threat to preemptively stop.Javed Ali, The Conversation, 15 July 2024
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A lot of the violence is coming from lone wolves or single assailants.Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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Well, my editor, Judith Regan, was the enfant terrible of publishing in the ‘90s.Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
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The political enfants terribles of the Left, Right, and center are stuck with one another until July 2025 — the soonest that another snap election can be called.Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Free spirit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free%20spirit. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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