as in bohemians
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
an individualist who steadfastly refuses to do what everyone else is doing
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Recent Examples of individualists
New York City is full of remorseless individualists who nonetheless stick to some codes very rigidly.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
Based on actual events, Eden features a starry cast playing a disparate group of rugged individualists who all find themselves in the Galapagos in the early 20th century, each abandoning society in the hopes of creating a utopia.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
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Garcia, who plays cartel boss Gallino in the second season of the Paramount+ show, praised Sheridan as one of Hollywood's true mavericks.—
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Most of our mavericks who fly that close to the sun never get to see that journey through.—
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Several characters, including a group of popular girls who finally invite the boys — admitted loners — to a party, look directly into the camera.—
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Both are loners teetering on the fringes of society, and Eady’s ability to see McCauley as a real person, even if only as a stranger reading a book, is enough to undo his entire worldview.—
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“Individualists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individualists. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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