contrarian

con·trar·i·an

adjective

The definition of contrarian is someone or something that goes against prevailing ideas or beliefs.
When the majority of people at a convention are democrats and one person is a republican, the republican is an example of someone with a contrarian opinion.

noun

A contrarian is defined as a person who opposes or goes against a prevailing belief or ideal.
A person who always says the opposite of what popular culture says, hating all movies that most people love and buying stocks when everyone else is selling, is an example of a contrarian.

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contrarian

a person who typically acts or thinks in a way contrary to popular or accepted opinion; specif., an investor who seeks to make a profit by acting in opposition to majority opinion, prevailing wisdom, etc., as by buying a company's stock when it is out of favor with the majority of investors

of, by, or being a contrarian

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contrarian

noun

One who takes a contrary view or action, especially an investor who makes decisions that contradict prevailing wisdom, as in buying securities that are unpopular at the time.

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Noun

(plural contrarians)

a person who expresses a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion
(finance) a financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others

Origin

c 1660 contrary +‎ -an

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