conventionalist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventionalist
Noun
  • Takaichi is a long-time conservative, closely aligned with nationalist and traditionalist causes.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • In the ensuing years and especially during the pontificate of Pope Francis, tensions with traditionalist Catholics only deepened.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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
  • Japanese followers were expected to contribute more than others.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • In an Instagram story on Monday, Katy Perry asked her followers to call their senators to ask them to block the appropriations bill that includes funding for DHS.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Conventionalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventionalist. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.

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