non-conformist

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It was this identification with Derbyshire that led Tutti to write Re-Sisters in 2002, which also focused on another non-conformist woman, the medieval Norfolk mystic Margery Kempe.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

She was a non-conformist, and that irked people.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2022

Charles Webb, a lifelong non-conformist whose debut novel “The Graduate” was a deadpan satire of his college education and wealthy background adapted into the classic film of the same name, has died.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2020

I marvel at their knobbly, non-conformist shapes and sizes, and their stunning range of colours.

From The Guardian • Nov. 25, 2019

Randolph advised the authorities to forbid any non-conformist minister to land in New England without the special consent of the governor, and that he should restrain such as he saw fit to silence.

From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Parker, Theodore