contrarian

Definitions

A person who opposes or rejects popular opinion.

An investor who buys shares when others are selling and sells when others are buying.

Examples

As a contrarian investor, he often buys stocks when everyone else is selling.

She took a contrarian approach to the project, arguing that the popular consensus was fundamentally flawed.

Synonyms

maverick dissenter nonconformist rebel iconoclast individualist skeptic

Antonyms

conformist follower traditionalist yes-man assenter conventionalist sheep