as in dissident
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices
a cattle-ranching family that took some time in getting used to their daughter's nonconformist adoption of vegetarianism
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as in maverick
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
always the nonconformist, she insisted on wearing red on St. Patrick's Day and not green like everyone else
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as in dissenter
a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs
a nonconformist who was excommunicated from her church for her teachings
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Recent Examples of nonconformist
New York Times, 15 July 2022
The Return of Tanya Tucker is a fittingly unconventional portrait of a nonconformist.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
Former Portland Mayor Bud Clark, a nonconformist to the end, received a natural burial Feb. 12 at River View Cemetery in Southwest Portland.
—oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2022
Portland’s transformation from gritty industrial burgh into haven for the quirky and nonconformist was all but complete.
—oregonlive, 7 Jan. 2022
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Fedoras, trilbys and Panamas seem to proclaim the wearer as either an extravagant nonconformist or an anti-feminist reactionary.
—New York Times, 15 July 2022
The Return of Tanya Tucker is a fittingly unconventional portrait of a nonconformist.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
Former Portland Mayor Bud Clark, a nonconformist to the end, received a natural burial Feb. 12 at River View Cemetery in Southwest Portland.
—oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2022
Portland’s transformation from gritty industrial burgh into haven for the quirky and nonconformist was all but complete.
—oregonlive, 7 Jan. 2022
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Cuban dissident artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who is currently jailed in Havana, has invited attendees of the upcoming Havana Biennial to visit him in prison as a part of an art project, the Art Newspaper reported Monday.Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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With the Iranian film shot entirely in secret, the teaser for the dissident Iranian filmmaker’s Cannes Special Jury Prize winner centers on a family thrust into the public eye when its patriarch, Iman (Misagh Zare) is named as an investigating judge in Tehran.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
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The only domestic distributor to step in with an offer to release The Apprentice was Tom Ortenberg’s maverick indie outfit Briarcliff Entertainment.Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
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Bringing in bigger names from outside the club also carries a greater degree of risk — unorthodox, maverick methods tend to make for an awkward fit.James McNicholas, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
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The lone dissenter is Von, who seems somewhat interested in soliciting multiple perspectives.Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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Roberts in his majority opinion said the dissenters had gone too far in saying the president is above the law.Patrick Marley, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
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This unconventional column is based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other.Sigal Samuel, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
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Reisman was known to be unconventional in the sport, yet won two U.S. Men’s Singles Championships in 1958 and 1960 and more than 20 international and national titles.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Draped in a black leather vest and pants, while sporting dark shades and a bucket hat, the reggaetón renegade exuded rugged charisma.Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Still, a new report in a U.K. news outlet suggests that Harry and his American wife Meghan, renegade members of the British royal family who’ve been living in California, have decided to try and regain a foothold in Europe by buying a home in Portugal.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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In the dissenting view, the star collapses to the edge of the event horizon and then hovers there, or rebounds and explodes.Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015
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The document runs to more than a hundred and fifty pages, and for each question there are affirmative and dissenting studies, as well as some that indicate mixed results.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
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The father and the mother are played by two of modern cinema’s most supremely talented eccentrics, Michael Shannon and Tilda Swinton.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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Designers traditionally present themselves in public as preening demigods or fussy, difficult eccentrics, but neither is the vibe that Porte Jacquemus gives off.Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
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