How do I not apply a pseudo class to a certain element?

Hello,

In order to customize my list style elements to a certain custom color, i used a pseudo class. But there are certain lists I do not want my CSS to apply this pseudo class (I just want the standard styling) but don't know how to tell CSS not to apply the pseudo class to those specific lists.

The pseudo class I am using is:

.main_text li:before {
  position: absolute;
  content: "• ";
  color: rgb(176, 172, 25);
  left: 0;
}

So all of my "li" items in the ".main_text" class have this rule automatically applied to them. However, for some lists in the ".main_text" class I don't want to apply this pseudo class. How do I tell this to CSS?

For the moment my solution has been to give a specific id name to the lists I want to select and give them the following pseudo class:

.main_text li:before {
  position: absolute;
  content: "";
  color: rgb(176, 172, 25);
  left: 0;
}

In other words, I tell CSS to apply anther pseudo class with no content so as to override the 1st one.

This solution does not appear to be ideal however. Is there not a more efficient and elegant solution for this?

Many thanks