conventionalist

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Noun
  • For traditionalists, this link is not merely ceremonial but is the foundational bedrock of British identity.
    Michael Saunders, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Producer Kathleen Kennedy calls herself a tech optimist and a traditionalist both.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The solace and the pathos in Updike’s and Rosenberg’s work come from realizing that in many cases, conformists can’t win either.
    Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Published 70 years ago, this shocking poem was a powerful rebuke to conformists in 1950s America.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the administration is ratcheting up its attacks on the very environmental protections that MAHA followers hold dear.
    Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • They are also filled with apocalyptic premonitions that make sense only in a first-century context, when Jesus was credibly thought by his followers to soon be on his way back home, ready to take believers up to Heaven, or the moon, with him.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Conventionalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventionalist. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.

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