iconoclast
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So much so that we have names for the type: maverick, individualist, iconoclast, dissenter, rebel, freethinker.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026
The 86-year-old iconoclast is now sought after by corporations as a consultant.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025
Williams wants to impress upon folks that he is an iconoclast, and it comes off as smarmy.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025
There was something hopeful about the iconoclast in O.J., for he dared to defy the limits placed on his Black self.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024
But Wagner wasn't the only composer who was guilty of creating unnecessary clutter in the eyes of an iconoclast like Satie.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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