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A person who does not follow generally accepted beliefs, customs, or patterns of behavior.

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nonconformist

The story's nonconformist questions a tradition that everyone else accepts.
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A nonconformist student rejected the school's customary matching borders and developed deliberately uneven designs that still met the assignment's practical requirements.
From Learning a Craft Without Copying a Life.
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