as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
an author who reveled in his role as the enfant terrible of American letters
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Recent Examples of enfant terrible
That Charli’s performance went right into Green Day felt, more than most of Coachella’s adjacent performances, thematically apt, each indulging in an enfant terrible persona to create outsider art that eventually became insider art.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025
Artist, filmmaker, and former enfant terrible Harmony Korine is closing in on the New York premiere of his latest film, Baby Invasion.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Well, my editor, Judith Regan, was the enfant terrible of publishing in the ‘90s.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
The political enfants terribles of the Left, Right, and center are stuck with one another until July 2025 — the soonest that another snap election can be called.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Dec. 2024
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025
Artist, filmmaker, and former enfant terrible Harmony Korine is closing in on the New York premiere of his latest film, Baby Invasion.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Well, my editor, Judith Regan, was the enfant terrible of publishing in the ‘90s.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
The political enfants terribles of the Left, Right, and center are stuck with one another until July 2025 — the soonest that another snap election can be called.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfant terrible
Noun
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Ballard is a maverick who’s been demoted to assembling a volunteer team, literally in the basement, to review cold case files.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
6 July 2025
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Car chases were as reliable a trope as the maverick officer with his own moral code mouthing off to superiors, or the battle-scarred veteran who’s seen it all and just wants to eat donuts and make it to retirement.—
Maris Kreizman,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
Noun
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As Kissinger understood, even lone rangers need friends.—
MARGARET MACMILLAN,
Foreign Affairs,
21 July 2025
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And while his rivals have landed serious blows against him, he’s embraced the tabloid-style frenzy at each of those junctures, incorporating them into his narrative identity as an underappreciated lone ranger constantly battling the world.—
TIME,
TIME,
7 May 2024
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And, of course, now there's concerns that extremists, infuriated by the U.S. attack on a Muslim country, might launch lone wolf attacks on their own.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 June 2025
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The classic stereotype, albeit not always accurate, is of the lone wolf with a basement full of Spam, a wall full of guns, and a mind full of conspiracy theories.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
17 June 2025
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Like so many Weimar-era free spirits, Astfalck-Vietz saw her career abruptly hobbled by the political ascent of Adolf Hitler, which began in 1933.—
Andrew Pulver,
Air Mail,
12 July 2025
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Marion, who wears his trademark cowboy hat, is big on energy and being a free spirit.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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“Enfant terrible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfant%20terrible. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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