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