as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
an author who reveled in his role as the enfant terrible of American letters
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Recent Examples of enfant terrible
For an enfant terrible, Munk is surprisingly modest and self-effacing.
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Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Now marking its eighth edition, Venice Immersive remains the greater Biennale family’s perpetual enfant terrible.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
The look is a combination of two previous designs by the enfant terrible of French fashion.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 24 June 2024
Following events depicted in the show, Lee continued developing relationships with influential designers, serving as a Giorgio Armani brand ambassador and becoming friends with Louis Vuitton’s then-new enfant terrible creative director Marc Jacobs in the '90s.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2024
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Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Now marking its eighth edition, Venice Immersive remains the greater Biennale family’s perpetual enfant terrible.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
The look is a combination of two previous designs by the enfant terrible of French fashion.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 24 June 2024
Following events depicted in the show, Lee continued developing relationships with influential designers, serving as a Giorgio Armani brand ambassador and becoming friends with Louis Vuitton’s then-new enfant terrible creative director Marc Jacobs in the '90s.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2024
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Neon has North American rights to Orwell, which will tell the story of the English maverick novelist known for searingly satirical critiques of authoritarianism.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
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Jimmy Carter by Julian Zelizer (2010) Princeton history professor Julian Zelizer examines Carter's strategy as a maverick politician who was successful at communicating with and rallying voters disaffected by politics, but who faced challenges building a strong political coalition once in office.Teresa Xie, NPR, 30 Dec. 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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News: The New Year's Day truck attack that killed 14 people and wounded dozens of others appears to have been the act of a lone wolf and unrelated to a truck blast in Las Vegas, authorities said Thursday.Leah Olajide, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2025
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All this leads to the persistence of small pockets of jihadist sympathizers in the West, whether lone wolves or small clusters, who consume (and produce) ISIS propaganda and at times activate themselves to carry out attacks.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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In the backdrop to her work, the actress had a reputation as a free spirit, who raised her only son Luca Magnani on her own, having split from his actor father prior to his birth in 1942.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2024
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Trending Stories Culkin’s Zen-stoner take on a free spirit that’s also a broken spirit — an accidentally spilled bit of information hints at a backstory that suggests the film’s title is earned — would be enough to recommend this.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Enfant terrible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfant%20terrible. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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