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单词 individualist
释义

individualist

noun

in·​di·​vid·​u·​al·​ist ˌin-də-ˈvi-jə-wə-list How to pronounce individualist (audio)
-ˈvij-wə-,
-ˈvi-jə-list
1
: one that pursues a markedly independent course in thought or action
2
: one that advocates or practices individualism
individualist adjective
or individualistic
ˌin-də-ˌvi-jə-wə-ˈli-stik How to pronounce individualist (audio)
-ˌvij-wə-,
-ˌvi-jə-ˈli-
individualistically
ˌin-də-ˌvi-jə-wə-ˈli-sti-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce individualist (audio)
-ˌvij-wə-
-ˌvi-jə-ˈli-
adverb

Synonyms

  • bohemian
  • boho
  • counterculturist
  • deviant
  • enfant terrible
  • free spirit
  • heretic
  • iconoclast
  • lone ranger
  • lone wolf
  • loner
  • maverick
  • nonconformer
  • nonconformist
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Example Sentences

The school encourages children to be individualists. an individualist who steadfastly refuses to do what everyone else is doing
Recent Examples on the Web But in my experience, the biggest problem is that already-busy executives with full-time jobs have to play the rugged individualist—trying to solve really complex business problems while holding down the fort. Randy Shattuck, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 On their Enneagram personality types: Gomez is a type 4, the individualist. Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 5 Aug. 2022 Part of being a true individualist is fighting for the right of others to not conform to conventional ideas. Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2021 This is a picture of the parent Johnson wants to be—the opponent of pushiness and authority, the individualist. Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2021 But the authors also reported that denizens of the slopes scored lower for other traits, such as agreeableness and extraversion—in keeping with the stereotype of the laconic individualist that has often been portrayed in Westerns. Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2020 Today, Wright is best known as a pop icon, a flamboyant individualist with a chaotic love life who routinely bullied clients and collaborators—all in the service of his powerful personality and homegrown American aesthetic. Anthony Alofsin, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2020 In spite of our pride in being rugged individualists, we can't be that right now. Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 26 May 2020 Eventually, foppish men hawking ideas rather than wares would lay the same claim to the American individualist spirit: the adman as noble as the oilman, the programmer no different from the prospector. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1

individualist

noun

as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs an individualist who steadfastly refuses to do what everyone else is doing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • bohemian
  • maverick
  • iconoclast
  • loner
  • nonconformist
  • eccentric
  • deviant
  • boho
  • free spirit
  • heretic
  • lone ranger
  • freak
  • character
  • enfant terrible
  • lone wolf
  • anomaly
  • freethinker
  • counterculturist
  • outsider
  • nonconformer
  • oddball
  • weirdo
  • misfit
  • kook
  • crackpot
  • screwball
  • codger
  • crank
  • aberrant
  • nut
  • eight ball
  • crackbrain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • conformist
  • adherent
  • supporter
  • sheep
  • conformer
  • follower
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