[
US
/ˌkɑnˈtɹɛɹiən/
]
[ UK /kˌɒntɹəɹˈaɪən/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒntɹəɹˈaɪən/ ]
NOUN
- 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.