conventionalist

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Noun
  • There’s also an argument — and maybe this is just one for traditionalists — that football is also supposed to be, on some level, a test of individual stamina and adaptability.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Her house has the latest records from the ‘70s, early ‘80s, and more folkloric, traditionalist facets….
    John Hopewell, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Published 70 years ago, this shocking poem was a powerful rebuke to conformists in 1950s America.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 27 Sep. 2025
  • To me, an American woman in the early 21st century, prickly and free-spirited Lady Murasaki now appears to have been chafing under conformist pressures in the Heian court.
    Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Jennifer Aniston's social media followers were treated to some banter between the Friends alum and her costar Courteney Cox — not as Rachel and Monica, but themselves.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The chef has 115 million social followers and has established himself over two decades with prime time shows like Kitchen Nightmares and MasterChef more recently being accompanied by a vibrant social media profile.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Conventionalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventionalist. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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