nonconformist
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Elon Musk has made a career, and billions of dollars, out of being a nonconformist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026
But Tyler, ever the nonconformist, released his eighth studio album at 06:00 EST on Monday, three days after the week's chart tracking began.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024
A strong socialist bent in politics, nonconformist in religion, working class.
From Salon • May 27, 2024
In Salar Abdoh’s Tehran, a city more populous than New York City, the vagaries of the human heart create a surprisingly unbridled and nonconformist tableau against a backdrop most Westerners view as monolithic, repressive, theocratic.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023
I couldn’t imagine a less hospitable place for a nineteen-year-old nonconformist.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Vocabulary lists containing nonconformist
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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