Associations to the word «Contrarian»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

CONTRARIAN, noun. An investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche