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
In America, where capitalist and individualist ethics have always predominated, public health nonetheless managed to carve out a large cooperative space.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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.
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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.
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Jordan Hoffman,
Vanity Fair,
25 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for individualist
Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
Olive Nwosu‘s lively, humid debut feature zeroes in on a determined individualist in a city of over 17 million.
—
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
See All Example Sentences for individualist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for individualist
Noun
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His maverick persona and armored storm-chasing vehicle, the Dominator 3 — featured on Jay Leno’s Garage — directly inspired the character of Tyler Owens, played by Glen Powell in the 2024 summer blockbuster Twisters.
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In a way, the fact that Huston was made up of two halves — one part iconoclastic maverick, one part old school craftsman — gave him an edge his fellow septuagenarians lacked.
Noun
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Moon was a trailblazer and iconoclast.
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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.
Noun
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Tough loner Daryl, who has no counterpart in the Walking Dead comic books, arguably became the original’s show biggest breakout character before getting his own story.
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So someone that is a loner, someone who is strange, someone like that is more likely to be an arsonist, is more likely to be a mass shooter.
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“Individualist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individualist. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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