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
Fighting is a brutal and individualist sport, and orienting your life around violence can lend itself to seeing the world in harsh absolutes.
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
As higher education developed along the lines established by wealthy philanthropists and free-market economic priorities, the enterprise came to be seen as an individualist affair rather than a cooperative one.
—Ryann Liebenthal, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
Radical individualists come to environmentalism from a different place than other people who support the cause.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 10 Dec. 2024
This season, the Yankees have embraced right-hander Marcus Stroman and left fielder Alex Verdugo, two players who, like Chisholm, occasionally come off as individualists.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
As higher education developed along the lines established by wealthy philanthropists and free-market economic priorities, the enterprise came to be seen as an individualist affair rather than a cooperative one.
—Ryann Liebenthal, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
Radical individualists come to environmentalism from a different place than other people who support the cause.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 10 Dec. 2024
This season, the Yankees have embraced right-hander Marcus Stroman and left fielder Alex Verdugo, two players who, like Chisholm, occasionally come off as individualists.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for individualist
Noun
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Further reading: Trump wants to end this GOP maverick’s political career.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
13 Mar. 2025
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Since the Second World War, the United States has exercised de-facto military control over Greenland, thanks to the maverick diplomat Henrik Kauffmann, who, as Denmark’s envoy to Washington in 1941, granted the U.S. control over its security.—
Louise Bokkenheuser,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
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Sir Raymond Douglas Davies CBE was a remarkable iconoclast.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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Their prolific, chameleonic hit rate will invite inevitable comparisons to iconoclasts like Sophie, Aphex Twin, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, but — like the greats before them — gyrofield may soon be a genre unto themselves.—
Sam Davies,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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Basically, the Robin Hood figure, the noble loner, the mysterious stranger that shows up in the nick of time, solves the problem and then rides off into the sunset.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection In Elijah Bynum’s coming-of-age crime drama, a lanky loner is sent away to Cape Cod to spend the summer with his aunt.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Individualist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individualist. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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