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
  • One of the most glaring moments of defiance came in January 2022, when both maverick senators voted against a Democratic proposal to carve out the Senate’s filibuster rule to pass voting rights legislation.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Starring Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in the lead role, the film charts Epstein’s life as a gay, Jewish maverick who was instrumental in the Beatles’ rise before his death, of an accidental drug overdose, in 1967.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of maverick
Noun
  • Well, my editor, Judith Regan, was the enfant terrible of publishing in the ‘90s.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of enfant terrible
Noun
  • But as an adventure-loving free spirit, Héra would much rather spend her days out in the wilderness with her horse instead of being saddled with royal responsibilities.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Emirates, in fairness, is perhaps not the ideal environment to hand such an attacking free spirit a first Premier League start.
    Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 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
  • Currently, there are nine packs living in the northern areas of the Golden State, along with several lone wolves.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Wolfs stars Pitt and Clooney, 63, as two professional fixers and lone wolves who are accidentally assigned to the same job and forced to work together.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
Definition of lone wolf
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