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free spirit

noun

  1. a person with a highly individual or unique attitude, lifestyle, or imagination; nonconformist.


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“The quirkiness and the self-determination and not being overregulated — all those things are the free spirit of what it means to be an Altadenan.”

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Doue is a free spirit in possession with a devastating turn of pace and glorious touch, and has a golden future.

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"I'd say I'm a bit of a free spirit so I don't need restrictions or being told what to do," Raducanu, ranked 60th in the world, said.

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Much of the film is concerned with Scott struggling to manage his son’s medical issues and free spirit, using alcohol to cope.

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They said their brother was a "free spirit" and an "enthusiast for everything that life had to offer".

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is afree spirit?

A free spirit is a person who is highly individual or is nonconformist in their attitude, as in Romie lives in a rural area and doesn’t have the internet or cable because he wants to be a free spirit.

A free spirit is a type of person who is identified, usually by themselves, as being highly nonconformist and imaginative. Free spirits often go against societal norms and portray an attitude or lifestyle of spontaneity and peace. Free spirits often preach living a simple life and striving for idealistic values.

The term free spirit is often associated with the hippie and flower child movements, a time from the 1960s to the 1970s when groups of young people rejected conventional society and continuously spoke about the search for self-knowledge, peace, and love.

Animals can also be described as free spirits. House cats, for example, are often called free spirited because of their tendency to roam outside of the home and their need for independence in order to live happily.

Example: Emma lives in a motorhome she drives around the country so she can live as a free spirit.

Where doesfree spirit come from?

The first records of the term free spirit come from around the 1530s. It combines the terms free, meaning “exempt from external authority,” and spirit, meaning “an attitude that inspires thought, feeling, or action.” A free spirit is someone whose attitude is one of independence rather than conforming to the society around them.

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How isfree spiritused in real life?

Free spirit is more often used informally than formally to describe someone who doesn’t like to conform to societal norms in some way.

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Which of the following is NOT a synonym for free spirit?

A. hippie
B.
conformist
C. freethinker
D. bohemian

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