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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who goes against normal behavior, beliefs |
| Synonyms: | beatnik, bohemian*, demonstrator, different breed, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, dropout, eccentric, fish out of water, freak*, heretic, iconoclast, individualist, liberal, malcontent, maverick, misbeliever, night person, oddball, offbeat, original, protester, radical, rebel, sectary, separatist, swinger, weirdo* |
| Antonyms: | conformist, orthodox |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flower child |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hippie |
| Synonyms: | Bohemian, New Age traveler, beatnik, free spirit, freethinker, hipster, liberal |
| Main Entry: | left wing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or group favoring change |
| Synonyms: | left, left-winger, leftism, leftist, liberal, liberalism, on the left, progressive, progressiveness, progressivism, radical |
| Notes: | left wing is often considered radical or socialist, liberal or progressive - while right wing is conservative |
| Antonyms: | right wing |
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