contrarian

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1. contrarian - Noun

2. contrarian - Adjective

Meaning

an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors

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The best opportunities are often ones where you're being contrarian. That doesn't mean being contrarian for contrarian's sake, but it means you're thoughtful about the risks of following the crowd. David Sze

I don't really know much about pirates, or pirate culture. I'd be a contrarian pirate. Todd Barry

To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path. Michael Bloomberg

I do look for openings where I can overturn popular misconceptions, but unlike Christopher Hitchens, I am neither a contrarian nor a lone heretic. I like to have a significant number of academics watching my back. Steven Pinker

That tertiary education is under a sustained assault by a political and - it often seems - social consensus that equates all education with training for increased productivity, only makes academe a still more promising environment for a contrarian. Will Self

When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope people receive what I do as small, personal films that are somewhat contrarian about their main characters. Jason Reitman

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