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eigenwillig

strong-willed, self-willed

adjective EYE-gen-vil-ikh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Personality

Also means

unconventional, idiosyncratic

Usage Note

eigenwillig describes someone who insists on their own way, but often in a creative or interesting sense. Applied to people it can be complimentary (independent-minded); applied to art or design it means deliberately non-conformist: eine eigenwillige Interpretation — an idiosyncratic interpretation.

Examples

"Die Regisseurin ist eigenwillig und lässt sich von keiner Konvention einschränken."

Natural Translation

The director is self-willed and refuses to be constrained by any convention.

Literal Translation

The director is self-willed and lets herself by no convention restrict.

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