nonconformist
noun
a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
nonconformism
-
a word derived from
nonconformist.
Example Sentences
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Professional nonconformism seems to have been the gallery’s ethos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2019
Admirers will also go back to the lavish pleasures of his The Last Emperor and to the fierce intelligence of The Conformist and Before the Revolution – intense memories of his revolutionary nonconformism.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2018
He belongs, as one commentator noted, to the English tradition of radical nonconformism — the title is taken from a 17th-century Leveller pamphlet.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2012
With names like Totnes People's Cafe, Food For Thought and The Curator Cafe, many of the coffee shops share an aesthetic of nonconformism.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2012
Muller wants his dream car to communicate the air of genteel nonconformism that Saab aficionados once adored.
From BusinessWeek ● Jun. 17, 2010
