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Recent Examples of individualist What is a totalitarian leader other than an individualist taking that creed to its cruel conclusions, erasing the uniqueness of every other person into mere characters in a drama? Ed Simon june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025 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. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2025 No other nation has more outstanding individualists. Philipp Lahm, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025 Immigration has surged, and the United States has entered an individualist, conservative epoch. Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for individualist
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Noun
  • One is Shinjiro Koizumi, the 44-year-old son of maverick former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who led the country from 2001 to 2006.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In the early 70s, the British maverick had already made a name for himself with Deliverance, which was the kind of artsy genre flick championed by a New Hollywood whose directors owed more to the European arthouse than to classic studio fare.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But this documentary shows us Novak as the fiercely independent iconoclast who left Hollywood on her own terms.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Even the possibility of Stern going away is a signal of how things have changed for the iconoclast.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Baileys had sharply different personalities, with Maralyn being outgoing and optimistic compared to the socially awkward loner Maurice.
    Susan Young, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Tranter is something of a loner, and right from the start he is presented as something of a rebel, albeit a leader who looks after his men.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Individualist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individualist. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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