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contrarian

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noun

a person who takes an opposing view, especially one who rejects the majority opinion, as in economic matters.

Origin:
contr(ary) + -arian

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Contrarian is always a great word to know.

So is interrobang. Does it mean:

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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Example Sentences

Here's a contrarian take on the three quite different men who have been dominating our news1.

In the wrong environment, your innately contrarian spirit may be perceived as hostile or even insubordinate.

But a new, contrarian school of thought is emerging.

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Here's a contrarian take on the three quite different men who have been dominating our news1.

In the wrong environment, your innately contrarian spirit may be perceived as hostile or even insubordinate.

But a new, contrarian school of thought is emerging.

In fact, the patterns were so impressive that they started to bring out my contrarian side.

They kept chickens, geese, and a dozen or so contrarian turkeys.

The disposable-versus-rechargeable battery debate seems ripe for a contrarian conclusion.

All this ought to be the point of maximum pessimism where contrarian investors start buying.

If the hypothesis can not explain this contrarian data, it has no power.

But he then unwisely decides to be contrarian for the sake of being contrarian.

The mob's behaviour might still be useful if it acted as a contrarian indicator.

But hey, the contrarian investor always gets the profit.

Intriguing ideas were plentiful, and many were contrarian.

Sad that sticking to your principles should be considered contrarian behaviour.

The traditional commodities trader was as likely to be a contrarian as not.

The best opportunities are often ones where you're being contrarian.

But one of the contrarian truths of applying for any position, whether it.

But a close look at these particular numbers shows that they aren't a good contrarian indicator:.

Rudman, from his remarkable vigor to his contrarian instincts to his eye-catching attire.

Viewing the properties in this contrarian paradise can prove difficult, however.

It requires that one act counter-cyclically, and the one certain way to make money is to be a contrarian at the extremes.

Kerr, whose contrarian position has already drawn fire, states up front that he isn't a neutral observer.

But the contrarian should not be dismissed out of hand.

Some investors who lack the advantage of perfect foresight favour a contrarian strategy:.

Gladwell is engaging in fashionable contrarian journalism.

Of course your proclivity for wading into the contrarian side of any post you come across is well known here.

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contrarian (kənˈtrɛərɪən)

—n
	a contrary or obstinate person(as modifier): a contrarian investor; contrarian instincts
	a.
	b.

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Word Origin & History

contrarian

1963, from contrary.

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"To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist. And there is no decent or charted way of making a living at it. It is something you are, and not something you do." [Christopher Hitchens, "Letters to a Young Contrarian," 2001]

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