individualist

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Brazilian showman Lucas Pinheiro Braathen bagged South America's first-ever Winter Olympic medal on Saturday, his giant slalom victory capping a dream for the self-proclaimed individualist.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

So much so that we have names for the type: maverick, individualist, iconoclast, dissenter, rebel, freethinker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Brandel Chamblee, a former American player and prominent commentator, still believes DeChambeau is an individualist and described him as a "captain's nightmare"

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

I talk about American society as a hyper individualist society.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024

A, however, can reason as follows: If B takes the cooperative option, I can get what I want at no cost to me by taking the individualist option.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos