Maverick vs Extremist - What's the difference?
maverick | extremist |
Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
An unbranded range animal.
* Around 1900 , O Henry,
One who does not abide by rules.
One who creates or uses unconventional and/or controversial ideas or practices.
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* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) a person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic
holding extreme views, especially on a political subject
of, or relating to extremism
As adjectives the difference between maverick and extremist
is that maverick is showing independence in thoughts or actions while extremist is holding extreme views, especially on a political subject.As nouns the difference between maverick and extremist
is that maverick is an unbranded range animal while extremist is a person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic.maverick
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He made a maverick decision.
- He is a maverick person.
Noun
(en noun)- Long Bill was a graduate of the camp and trail. Luck and thrift, a cool head, and a telescopic eye for mavericks had raised him from cowboy to be a cowman.
- Florence Nightingale would have been perceived as a maverick during her early career, because she was prioritizing hygiene when everybody else involved in healthcare was focused on other things, such as surgery and pills.'' (Source: Edzard Ernst and Simon Singh, ''Trick or Treatment , 2008, p. 36-37.)
Synonyms
* (one who does not abide by rules) individualist, lone gunman, nonconformist, rebelSee also
*References
The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 English eponyms