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Nonconformist

Definition

(formal) A person who deliberately refuses to follow established customs, attitudes, or norms of a group or society; often used with positive connotations of independent thought or negative connotations of stubborn eccentricity. Also used historically to refer to a Protestant who dissents from the Church of England.

Example Sentences

1As a lifelong nonconformist, she rejected the corporate ladder in favour of a nomadic, self-sufficient existence.
2Is the archetype of the tortured artistic genius merely a romanticised portrait of the social nonconformist?
3The committee did not welcome his nonconformist views on fiscal policy, dismissing them as dangerously heterodox.
4Do not mistake mere contrarianism for genuine nonconformist conviction; the former is reactive, the latter principled.
5There is a rich tradition of nonconformist thought in British intellectual history, from the Dissenting academies to the Bloomsbury Group.

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