as in maverick
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
notorious as an iconoclast, that music critic isn't afraid to go after sacred cows
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Their prolific, chameleonic hit rate will invite inevitable comparisons to iconoclasts like Sophie, Aphex Twin, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, but — like the greats before them — gyrofield may soon be a genre unto themselves.
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Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Ever the iconoclast, Cindy Sherman carried a fur bag and wore rubber boats with her dark suit.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
Zoom in: While some CEOs pride themselves on being collegial consensus-builders, many more like to think of themselves as daring iconoclasts, leading from the front into uncharted opportunity.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
And at a festival that celebrates the rebels, the artists and the iconoclasts, is there anything more Sundance than that?
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Ever the iconoclast, Cindy Sherman carried a fur bag and wore rubber boats with her dark suit.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
Zoom in: While some CEOs pride themselves on being collegial consensus-builders, many more like to think of themselves as daring iconoclasts, leading from the front into uncharted opportunity.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
And at a festival that celebrates the rebels, the artists and the iconoclasts, is there anything more Sundance than that?
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Iconoclast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iconoclast. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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