Contrarian

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  contrarian \con*tra"ri*an\, 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]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  contrarian \con*tra"ri*an\, 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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  contrarian
       n : an investor who deliberately decides to go against the
           prevailing wisdom of other investors