contrarian

Etymology
c. 1660

Noun

 * 1) A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion, usually because of spite or nonconformity.
 * 2) * 2010, w|Martin Amis, The Observer reprinted in The Rub of Time (NY: Knopf, 2018), p. 334:
 * Christopher Hitchens is bored by the epithet contrarian, which has been trailing him around for a quarter of a century. What he is, in any case, is an autocontrarian: he seeks not just the most difficult position, but the most difficult position for Christopher Hitchens.
 * 1)  A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others.
 * 1)  A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others.

Translations

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 * Italian: bastian contrario,, fuori dal coro
 * Macedonian: контраш
 * Polish: przekornik
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: anticonformista,, , , alguien a quien le gusta llevar la contraria
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Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to or characteristic of a contrarian.