English Dictionary

contrarian

IPA（発音記号）

/kənˈtɹɛɹi.ən/

名詞

A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion.

日本語の意味

大多数の意見に逆らう人、反対意見を持つ人として捉えられる。 / 一般的な意見や主流の考えに反して自らの見解を主張する人。

Even though everyone praised the new policy, the contrarian in the meeting stood up and outlined a detailed critique.

周囲が新しい方針を称賛する中、会議で異を唱える人物が立ち上がり、詳細な批判を述べた。

意味（1）

A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion.

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.

意味（2）

(finance) A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others.

However, to succeed as a contrarian, you have to be able to time trades in exactly the opposite direction of the majority. This means you have to move in when everyone else is fearful, and step back when everyone else is euphoric.

contrarians （ plural ）