0 someone such as a writer or politician who likes to disagree with other people and express opinions that are unpopular:
He is a contrarian who frequently writes controversial opinion pieces.
1 disagreed with by most people, or liking to express opinions that most people disagree with:
2 an investor who does the opposite of what most other investors are doing:
Known as a contrarian among his peers, he did not follow trends or play the fashion game.
She's known as a contrarian, wearing yellow during the campaign instead of the red of the Popular Democratic Party.
These companies are places where strong-minded people with contrarian points of view do well.
He reckons his success is down to investing in undervalued shares and taking a contrarian view to other investors.
"I have kind of a contrarian impulse," says Greene. "I think that often people assume things are true that are not."
I've learned never to be surprised by his moves, because being unpredictable and contrarian are at the heart of his make-up.
A contrarian view of the five-factor approach to personality description.
