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
No other nation has more outstanding individualists.
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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
Potential voters were assigned one of five personality groups: risk-takers, carers, go-getters, individualists and supporters.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
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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
Potential voters were assigned one of five personality groups: risk-takers, carers, go-getters, individualists and supporters.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for individualist
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Garrett, a maverick who put the Portuguese town of Nazaré on the map for its massive waves, set a record there, surfing a 78-footer — imagine an eight-story office building coming up behind you.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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Trump had called out Massie by name during the meeting, ribbing the Kentucky maverick for opposing the legislation at the heart of the president’s domestic agenda.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
20 May 2025
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Chicago will be the only U.S. city to see the 92-year-old iconoclast Yoko Ono's new show.—
Carrie Shepherd,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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Season 8’s unapologetic iconoclast Acid Betty returns to the competition to kick ass and take names.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Could an irredeemable loner doomed to a life peering from the outside in do this?—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
26 May 2025
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Both are loners who’d rather avoid the spotlight — particularly at parties.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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“Individualist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individualist. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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