as in maverick
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
an individualist who steadfastly refuses to do what everyone else is doing
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Recent Examples of individualist
More than a century later, such forays have matured into an individualist morality that has become widespread.
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Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
But at least the trash-talking, optimistic and individualist Eloise is back, after she was subdued by her rift with Penelope this year.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024
How, then, did programming become the domain of bearded nerds and manly individualists?
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
People working together seems to make competitive individualists and other absolutists uneasy.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2024
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Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
But at least the trash-talking, optimistic and individualist Eloise is back, after she was subdued by her rift with Penelope this year.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024
How, then, did programming become the domain of bearded nerds and manly individualists?
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
People working together seems to make competitive individualists and other absolutists uneasy.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for individualist
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Trump backing TikTok is something of a maverick position in Washington.Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
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The odds were stacked against Britain until a group of renegade, maverick soldiers (the SAS Rogue Heroes) decided to fight against a more powerful enemy in a new way.Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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While he may be known for being an iconoclast, Bob Dylan has a public persona — aloof, remote, borderline misanthropic — that doesn’t exactly lend itself to the typical Hollywood treatment.Aja Romano, Vox, 25 Dec. 2024
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Rebellion brings acclaim, which brings public expectations, which brings more rebellion: a cycle that’s true to Dylan’s life, but also that of many previous iconoclasts portrayed on film.Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2024
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Each character is often an outlier, a loner or a misfit.Stuart Neal, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Can Kat trust her family or friends — or Josh? — ever again, or is she destined to become one of Manchester PD’s most vengeful loners.Marah Eakin, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Individualist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individualist. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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