Synonyms and antonyms of Unorthodox beliefs, behaviour and people in British Thesaurus

a minority of one ()

the only person in a group who has a particular opinion or idea

bad apple (noun)

informal someone who does bad things and influences other people so that they do bad things too

contrarian (noun)

someone who often has the opposite opinion to most other people

eccentricity (noun)

strange or unusual behaviour

extremism (noun)

a tendency to have beliefs or opinions that are considered to be extremely unreasonable by most people

freethinker (noun)

someone who forms their own opinions rather than following what other people think or believe

heathen (noun)

offensive a humorous way of referring to someone who breaks social rules

heretic (noun)

someone who does or believes things that oppose the official principles of a religion

iconoclast (noun)

formal someone who attacks the beliefs, customs, and opinions that most people in a society accept

iconoclastic (adjective)

formal attacking the beliefs, customs, and opinions that most people in a society accept

infidel (noun)

an old word used as an insult for someone who has no religious beliefs or who has religious beliefs that are different from yours

liberal (noun)

someone who accepts many different opinions or ways of behaving and tends to be sympathetic to other people

the margins of something ()

the part of society or an organization that is not considered typical or that does not share its beliefs or values

masochism (noun)

informal the enjoyment of being in an unpleasant situation

maverick (noun)

an independent person who has ideas and behaviour that are very different from other people’s

misfit (noun)

someone who does not seem to belong to a group or is not accepted by a group, because of being different in some way

nonconformist (noun)

someone who does not think or behave in the usual way

nonconformity (noun)

the fact that someone does not think or behave in the usual way

peculiarity (noun)

something strange in the way that a person or animal behaves, or in their appearance

troofer (noun)

Americanshowing disapproval a person who does not believe the accepted explanation of a particular event and who believes that they know the true facts about what happened

truther (noun)

American a person who does not believe the generally accepted explanation of a particular event and who believes that they know the true facts about what happened