anticonventional

Definition of anticonventionalnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticonventional
Adjective
  • Investigators were also working to determine if the suspects were inspired by ISIS extremist messaging.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
  • In 2024, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution declared Jüdische Stimme an extremist organization.
    Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The revolutionary pharoah builds a great city and reduces spiritual chaos by focusing on a single-minded form of worship.
    Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images He studied theology in Qom and fought as a young volunteer during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, credentials that still carry weight within the revolutionary elite.
    Imtiaz Tyab, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Noah Nelson, a professor at the California Institute of the Arts and founder of immersive arts publication No Proscenium, said Actors’ Equity’s recognition of the Basement’s workers is a step in the right direction as the union welcomes more nontraditional units.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The district will use nontraditional instruction.
    Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • These offices are not the big, antiestablishment utopian workspaces companies like WeWork were known for in the 2010s.
    Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The 1960s marked a significant pivot in cultural mores, from the adherence to convention both socially and stylistically at the dawn of the decade to the age of antiestablishment fervor and personal empowerment as the period progressed.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
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 13 Mar. 2026.

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