anticonventional

Definition of anticonventionalnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticonventional
Adjective
  • The extremist group got its start in the days after the deadly 2017 Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, by former members of the neo-Nazi group Vanguard America.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • Khaire accused Mohamud of deploying state security forces against political opponents and alleged that troops trained and equipped by international partners to fight the al-Shabab extremist group had been used against opposition figures.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 June 2026
Adjective
  • What made this system truly revolutionary was the demonstration in 2012 that it could be reprogrammed with different pieces of guide RNA to edit virtually any genome in any species, and at a level of precision and ease that far surpassed existing gene-editing tools.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 11 June 2026
  • Her other books include Adèle, Sex and Lies, Country of Others and Watch Us Dance, which are the first and second parts of a trilogy of novels based on her family’s roots in revolutionary Morocco.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • At the same time, wealthy investors are turning to nontraditional firms for advice.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 4 June 2026
  • Why are nontraditional political parties and factions, many of them extremist, gaining strength in Europe and elsewhere?
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Adjective
  • Jackson is betting that his outside pitch will win over antiestablishment conservatives.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 May 2026
  • The 2026 midterms are already being shaken up by populist firebrands and antiestablishment outsiders.
    James Desio, Washington Post, 15 May 2026
Adjective
  • But Magen David Adom’s dispatch unit in Ramla, about 12 miles southeast of Tel Aviv, is more than 100 feet underground, safeguarded by thick walls and a sophisticated respirator system capable of providing clean air in case of conventional and nonconventional attacks.
    Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The number is especially sobering given that Ritter’s metric measures from the first-day closing price (which is almost always higher than the official offer price), and excludes nonconventional IPOs like reverse mergers.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Anticonventional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticonventional. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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