as in maverick
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
an individualist who steadfastly refuses to do what everyone else is doing
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Recent Examples of individualist
Olive Nwosu‘s lively, humid debut feature zeroes in on a determined individualist in a city of over 17 million.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
Poppy’s clearly a type four, that was the individualist.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
Onscreen, the writer in him, the personality in him, the originality in him, the individualist in him just brought the character to a different level.
—Jordan Hoffman, Vanity Fair, 25 Dec. 2025
Based on actual events, Eden features a starry cast playing a disparate group of rugged individualists who all find themselves in the Galapagos in the early 20th century, each abandoning society in the hopes of creating a utopia.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for individualist
Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
Poppy’s clearly a type four, that was the individualist.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
Onscreen, the writer in him, the personality in him, the originality in him, the individualist in him just brought the character to a different level.
—Jordan Hoffman, Vanity Fair, 25 Dec. 2025
Based on actual events, Eden features a starry cast playing a disparate group of rugged individualists who all find themselves in the Galapagos in the early 20th century, each abandoning society in the hopes of creating a utopia.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for individualist
Noun
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Collins is a tough campaigner who can straddle the line as reliable party player and outspoken maverick.—
Julia Terruso,
Time,
8 June 2026
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Over his career, he was described as a blunt, independent, outspoken politician who was a maverick, boat-rocker, loose cannon, skilled partisan, and, above all, political survivor.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Moon was a trailblazer and iconoclast.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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Zulfi is an iconoclast and a hustler, a man who dreams of opening a Muslims-only version of Uber and who, even in the face of Shah’s elitism and English society’s broader wariness, holds onto an unshakable optimism.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Sensing that their daughter is becoming a loner, Bonnie’s parents buy her a Lilypad (Greta Lee), a computer for kids with its own social network.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
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Shamaly has light brown skin, an irreverent sense of humor, and a loner’s mien.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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“Individualist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individualist. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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