unconventionals
Those bucking norms
Unconventionals are people or things that don't follow standard practices or norms.
The term appears often in energy contexts, where unconventionals refers to oil and gas extracted through non-traditional methods like fracking: The company shifted its portfolio toward unconventionals.
More broadly, it describes anyone operating outside established conventions: The department hired a few unconventionals to shake things up.
Those defying established customs
- mavericksUnorthodox, independent-minded people
- rebelsArmed opposition fighters
- eccentricsUnconventional people
- outsidersThose not belonging
freethinkers · bohemians · oddballs · misfits · iconoclasts · radicals · individualists · dissenters
Innovative cultural pioneers
- experimentalTesting new methods
- boundary-pushingExceeding accepted limits
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
- subversiveSeeking to undermine authority
transgressive · outsider art · anti-establishment · underground · fringe · counterculture · radical · unorthodox
Without utility connections
- communal livingShared domestic arrangement
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- tiny housesDwellings under 500 square feet
van life · homesteading · cohousing · squatting · digital nomads · polyamory · unschooling · self-sufficiency
Other available options
- workaroundsIndirect solutions to problems
- hacksQuick improvised solutions
- creative techniquesOriginal ways of producing work
- experimental methodsSystematic testing procedures
guerrilla tactics · shortcuts · loopholes · innovations · adaptive strategies
nonconformists
Those defying established customs
- mavericksUnorthodox, independent-minded people
- rebelsArmed opposition fighters
- eccentricsUnconventional people
outsiders · freethinkers · bohemians · oddballs · misfits · iconoclasts · radicals · individualists · dissenters · originals
avant-garde
Innovative cultural pioneers
- experimentalTesting new methods
- boundary-pushingExceeding accepted limits
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
subversive · transgressive · outsider art · anti-establishment · underground · fringe · counterculture · radical · unorthodox · genre-defying
off-grid
Without utility connections
- communal livingShared domestic arrangement
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
tiny houses · van life · homesteading · cohousing · squatting · digital nomads · polyamory · unschooling · self-sufficiency · counterculture
alternatives
Other available options
- workaroundsIndirect solutions to problems
- hacksQuick improvised solutions
- creative techniquesOriginal ways of producing work
experimental methods · guerrilla tactics · shortcuts · loopholes · innovations · adaptive strategies
unconventionalsconventionals
Non-nuclear military assets
traditionalists · conformists · conventionalists · conservatives · orthodox
unconventionalsinsiders
Those with special access
establishment · normals · ordinary folk · average Joes · middle-of-the-roaders
- unconventional warfareCovert, asymmetric military operations
- unconventional tacticsNon-standard approaches to challenges
- unconventional medicineHealthcare outside orthodox practice