A contrarian is a person who holds a contrary position, especially a position against the majority.
Investing
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contrarian investing style is based on identifying, and speculating against, movements in stock prices that reflect changes in the sentiments of most investors.{{Citation needed, date=January 2012
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Conformity
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Counterculture
A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, sometimes diametrically opposed to mainstream cultural mores.Eric Donald Hirsch. ''The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy''. Hou ...
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Devil's advocate
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Dissent
Dissent is an opinion, philosophy or sentiment of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or policy enforced under the authority of a government, political party or other entity or individual. A dissenting person may be referred to as ...
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Dissenter
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Letters to a Young Contrarian
''Letters to a Young Contrarian'' is Christopher Hitchens' contribution, released in 2001, to the ''Art of Mentoring'' series published by Basic Books.
Inspired by his students at The New School in New York City and "a challenge that was made to ...
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Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British-American author and journalist who wrote or edited over 30 books (including five essay collections) on culture, politics, and literature. Born and educated in England, ...
, a noted contrarian
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Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
References
Journalism
Radicalism (historical)
Dissidents
Fringe theory