contrarian
nounEtymology
From contrary + -an (suffix forming agent nouns; and meaning of or pertaining to forming adjectives), modelled after words like libertarian.
- derived from contrārius
- derived from contraire
- inherited from contrarie
Definitions
A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one…
A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite.
- Hello, he lied / Like velvet, this magician's sleight of tongue and hand / Hello, he lied / Beware, belie his smile / As warm and calculated as heroin / Beware the contrarian
A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most…
A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others.
Liking or tending to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a…
Liking or tending to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people.
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Having an opinion of market trends at variance with most others.
The neighborhood
- neighbordefier
- neighbormaverick
- neighbornonconformist
- neighboropposer
- neighborrebel
- neighborrecusant
- neighborrefusenik
- neighborrenegade
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for contrarian. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA