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
For nineteenth century individualists, essentialists, and naturalists, the point should be to walk for walking’s sake, not for fame or outward fitness or money.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2025
No other nation has more outstanding individualists.
—Philipp Lahm, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Actual Ad The ad Cambridge sent to individualists depicts rows of U.S. flags in a field, an image widely associated with military sacrifice and remembrances of war.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 27 Feb. 2025
The folly of swapping him out for Ibrahimovic, football’s most brash individualist outside of Cristiano Ronaldo, was exposed in less than a year.
—Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2025
No other nation has more outstanding individualists.
—Philipp Lahm, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Actual Ad The ad Cambridge sent to individualists depicts rows of U.S. flags in a field, an image widely associated with military sacrifice and remembrances of war.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 27 Feb. 2025
The folly of swapping him out for Ibrahimovic, football’s most brash individualist outside of Cristiano Ronaldo, was exposed in less than a year.
—Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for individualist
Noun
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Long a getaway for elite sun seekers and a proving ground for maverick architects, Palm Springs and the surrounding communities have become a sandbox for provenance collectors.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
3 July 2025
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Twenty years later, Frey sees himself as a maverick and dismisses the controversy with a string of expletives.—
Brendan Fitzgerald,
Longreads,
25 June 2025
Noun
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What choice would a young reactionary iconoclast have but to veer right?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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With no knock on a standard-issue C8 Corvette, the ZR1 is a serious target for collectors, including iconoclasts who prefer to zig where others zag.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
25 June 2025
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The musical isn’t buying into the Elvis mythology of the brooding loner with magnetic sensuality.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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The Oscar winner takes a cliched role of the disgraced loner and gives a low-key, effective performance, relying on glances not glares to get him over the finish line.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
25 June 2025
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“Individualist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individualist. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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