iconoclastic

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Lee Iacocca, an iconoclastic ex-Ford executive, was brought in to rescue the company from near-bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Reality TV loves to generate iconoclastic figures like Paul, turning real people and their issues into characters and storylines.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Over the weekend, Institutional Shareholder Services, a firm that advises investors how to vote their shares, recommended against approving the 2025 pay award that Tesla’s board has proposed for its iconoclastic CEO.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

Born Thomas Eugene Robbins, the iconoclastic American author was known for his silly, irreverent novels from the 1970s and ’80s.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2025

It was all part of the Adams pattern, an iconoclastic and contrarian temperament that relished alienation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis