non-conformist
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It was this identification with Derbyshire that led Tutti to write Re-Sisters in 2002, which also focused on another non-conformist woman, the medieval Norfolk mystic Margery Kempe.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025
She was a non-conformist, and that irked people.
From Salon • Oct. 2, 2022
Charles Webb, a lifelong non-conformist whose debut novel “The Graduate” was a deadpan satire of his college education and wealthy background adapted into the classic film of the same name, has died.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2020
Leading the pack are Lizzo with eight noms and Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X with six each – a vibrantly youthful and non-conformist trio.
From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2020
After a few years the father quarrelled with the Russian government, and went to England, where he obtained a professorship of natural history and the modern languages at the famous non-conformist academy at Warrington.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various