conformist

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It knows that from the non-conformist, from the eccentric, have come many of the great ideas of freedom.

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  1. noun A person who uncritically or habitually conforms to the customs, rules, or styles of a group.
  2. adjective Marked by conformity or convention: "Underneath the image, teenagers today are surprisingly conformist” (Selina S. Guber).

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  • Such an anarchic and anti-conformist society seems hardly fit for the regimentation, and bureaucracy-in-the-triplicate regulation that EU membership necessitates. —  Elites TV
  • It knows that from the non-conformist, from the eccentric, have come many of the great ideas of freedom. —  Shining Light In Dark Corners
  • You just collected the elements of his character from the beginning and constructed some anti-conformist ( "non-cliche") way of explaining the the results of the story. —  FlickFilosopher.com
  • People picture their parents 'generation as dull and conformist, and yet there was brilliant, —  Riverfront Times | Complete Issue
  • So as a protest I wanted to make a sensitive zombie who is a kind of sympathetic loner and non-conformist (he doesn†™ t like to eat people!). —  !! omg blog !!
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  1. from conform + -ist; = French conformiste, etc.
 

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/kənˈfɔrmɪst/
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