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: --
Media controversies have been caused by his forthright and often contrarian opinions, and he has also attracted media attention for his advocacy of vegetarianism and animal rights.
A born contrarian, he makes entertaining mincemeat of self-satisfied politicians, and shreds received ideas and media-spun consensus with a fearlessness that is invaluable in our mealymouthed punditocracy.
Besides these, some day traders also use contrarian (reverse) strategies (more commonly seen in algorithmic trading) to trade specifically against irrational behavior from day traders using these approaches.
He was a contrarian, of anarchist spirit.
However, the ratio is considered to be a contrarian indicator, so that an extreme reading above 1.0 is actually a bullish signal, and vice versa.
The firm's specialty has always been opportunistic, often contrarian, long-term investing and active ownership.
He has been a contrarian investor for many years.
His political leanings are primarily liberal, with pronounced contrarian and libertarian streaks.
