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contrarian

[ US /ˌkɑnˈtɹɛɹiən/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒntɹəɹˈa‍ɪən/ ]
NOUN
  1. an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors

How To Use contrarian In A Sentence

  • In this alone it stands as a triumph of contrarianism.
  • For theories solid enough to be part of the magisterium, contrarianism is out at the social fringes, as noted. Consensus: the "refuge of scoundrels"
  • Contrarians might take the view that there is still not enough bearishness or panic in the market to warrant a bottom.
  • Being contrarian is apparently OK as long as in being contrarian you agree with us.
  • Neglecting the significance of the large regional differences in past temperature changes is another classic pitfall in the arguments put forward by many climate change contrarians.
  • Savers who want to swim against the tide can simply buy funds that pick up on contrarian trends.
  • Market contrarians know that traditionally, these kinds of occurrences are the usual hallmarks of a major top in the oil market.
  • Peters is hard at work repelling the attackers, thrilled, he claims, to be a contrarian again.
  • And if they are going to be packaged and marketed as journalists, contrarians should be held to the same standards as any other journalists.
  • Some of the e-mail messages, purloined last November, were mean-spirited, others were dismissive of contrarian views, and others revealed a timid reluctance to share data.
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