nonconformist
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Worse, in the context of today’s flyaway stock market, he is a principled, value-minded, dogmatic nonconformist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
But Tyler, ever the nonconformist, released his eighth studio album at 06:00 EST on Monday, three days after the week's chart tracking began.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
A strong socialist bent in politics, nonconformist in religion, working class.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
In Salar Abdoh’s Tehran, a city more populous than New York City, the vagaries of the human heart create a surprisingly unbridled and nonconformist tableau against a backdrop most Westerners view as monolithic, repressive, theocratic.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
I couldn’t imagine a less hospitable place for a nineteen-year-old nonconformist.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Maybe modern art doesn’t lead toward utopia, but there’s an important place in our world for nonconformists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
At the same time, the conception of Poe the writer seems to tap into a cultural affection for outsiders, nonconformists and underdogs who ultimately prove their worth.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2023
And yet, being complicated nonconformists, they weren’t uniformly of the left.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
Its cinematic specifics and pace make the reader feel the bravery and solidarity among these nonconformists who risked ridicule, ostracism and sometimes prison in trying to become their authentic selves.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
Time and circumstance have changed those that do not happen to conform to this general rule; and, as ill luck will have it, our first “dean” is one of these nonconformists.
From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
Vocabulary lists containing nonconformist
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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