nonconformist

Example Sentences

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On that lesson alone, every company should have taken a nonconformist to lunch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 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

There always existed King’s College, opulently nonconformist and clearly capable of absorbing him without any loss of his or its character.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson