nonconformist
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Elon Musk has made a career, and billions of dollars, out of being a nonconformist.
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
Mr. Neufeld didn’t address his comments to individuals or urge discrimination against “gender” nonconformists in the workplace or classroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 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
The Cardinals are nonconformists, just like everybody else.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2020
Strange rumours were soon afloat, and transcripts from Hooker’s papers got abroad, attesting that in the termination of the “Ecclesiastical Polity,” the writer had absolutely sided with the nonconformists.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
Vocabulary lists containing nonconformist
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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