nonconformer

noun

Definition of nonconformernext
as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs a community in which men and women were expected to conform to traditional gender roles, and nonconformers were socially ostracized

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  1. maverick
  2. enfant terrible
  3. free spirit
  4. lone ranger
  5. lone wolf
Noun
  • Ives’s legendary status initially rested on his reputation as a maverick pioneer who supposedly had beaten Schoenberg in the race to the atonal pole.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Many lament that the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or is now comprised of players who aren't mavericks or 'ballers' but stars whose genius is excelling or dominating a particular system.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of maverick
Noun
  • But Hollinghurst began as a sort of enfant terrible.
    Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
  • For an enfant terrible, Munk is surprisingly modest and self-effacing.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of enfant terrible
Noun
  • Watch on Deadline Seen in flashbacks mostly set in or around 1972, Sarah (Rothe) is a witty, free spirit from the big city with an ardent passion for activism, and trying to avoid the conventional/traditional life of a young woman in the ’70s.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
  • While their music continues to evolve, their unapologetically free spirit that electrified that June night in 2013 remains the core of their sound.
    Sara Ibrahim, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of free spirit
Noun
  • 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
  • Look, first of all, Netanyahu is not a lone ranger.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2024
Definition of lone ranger
Noun
  • 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
  • A lot of the violence is coming from lone wolves or single assailants.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of lone wolf
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