contrarian

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun contrarian has 1 sense

contrarian(n = noun.person) - an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors;

is a kind of

investor

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CIDE DICTIONARY

contrarian, a. [LL. contrarians, p. pr. of contrariare to oppose, fr. L. contrarius: cf. F. contrariant, p. pr. of contrarier to contradict. See Contrary.].

taking an opposing view, especially a view opposite to that taken by the majority. [PJC]

contrarian, n. [see contrarian, a..].

a person who habitually takes a view opposite to that held by the majority; as, the contrarians in the stock market prefer to sell when most analysts advise us to buy. [PJC]