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nonconformist

noun

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

The story's nonconformist questions a tradition that everyone else accepts.

Dictionary practice example.

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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