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Recent Examples of nonconformism
A couple of years into her third term, Nabiullina has carved out room for nonconformism in a Russian establishment fixated on loyalty above all else.
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Rachel Ventresca, Fortune Europe, 7 June 2024
Radical nonconformism was a central tenet, which led some artists to use the form to challenge the pressures and constraints of oppressive regimes.
—Sophie Madeline Dess, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2022
Tolokonnikova is hardly representative of her generation, but her story hints at the possibility of another future for Russia, one in which nonconformism, tolerance, and individualism become virtues rather than crimes.
—Sarah E. Mendelson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014
Rachel Ventresca, Fortune Europe, 7 June 2024
Radical nonconformism was a central tenet, which led some artists to use the form to challenge the pressures and constraints of oppressive regimes.
—Sophie Madeline Dess, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2022
Tolokonnikova is hardly representative of her generation, but her story hints at the possibility of another future for Russia, one in which nonconformism, tolerance, and individualism become virtues rather than crimes.
—Sarah E. Mendelson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonconformism
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Yet what distinguishes Bowles’s work—what animates those strange, angular sentences, with their unexpected rhythms and turns of phrase and rabid energy—isn’t its interest in nonconformity but its obsession with spiritual transformation.—
Nicole Flattery,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The character — and those punchlines — carry a different meaning today, as unpacked by this documentary about nonconformity and being seen.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Analysts said the move was the clearest step yet toward more mainstream economic policies after years of unorthodoxy under President Tayyip Erdogan, and should help rein in inflation expectations.—
Reuters,
CNN,
24 Aug. 2023
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Curious chefs eventually heard about his unorthodoxy and showed up at the restaurant’s counter, then told others.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2023
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Johnston smartly pointed to the 1941 Senate investigations into anti-Nazi movies where Hollywood adequately defended their industry against claims of extremism and warmongering.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
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However, kinetic resources alone cannot mitigate migration, curb extremism, or stabilize deadly conflicts.—
Patrick Quirk,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Nonconformism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonconformism. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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