Contrarian is an English word with synonyms like investor. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Contrarian meaning
- A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite.
- A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others.
Synonyms of Contrarian
Using Contrarian
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite. | A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others.
- Useful related words include: investor.
- In the example corpus, contrarian often appears in combinations such as: the contrarian, contrarian views, of contrarian.
Context around Contrarian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contrarian
- In this selection, "contrarian" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, peddling, book, reveals, investor, views and opportunity stand out and add context to how "contrarian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include analysis reveals contrarian bullish spot and as a contrarian play with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contrarian" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, acacia and afdb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contrarian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Being a contrarian is not all that difficult in itself. (10 words)
It’s here that a contrarian mindset could pay huge dividends. (11 words)
Technical analysis reveals contrarian bullish spot for S&P 500 - watch video. (12 words)
While Pilot has refrained from speaking against the Congress government — earlier he would often take a contrarian stance from the Congress government and even took out a yatra on the corruption issue — Gehlot has spoken about “forgiving and forgetting”. (39 words)
This approach led to our contrarian growth this year, completing several funding rounds, and establishing an independent ecological fund and educational academy to help propel the industry forward – all valuable achievements in overcoming challenges. (34 words)
And it doesn’t hurt that there is money to be made in peddling contrarian views, particularly when they validate the egos of fragile people preoccupied with their own irreproachable goodness. (31 words)
Essentially, I posit this question to readers, is MQ stock a contrarian bet worthwhile pursuing? (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
And it doesn’t hurt that there is money to be made in peddling contrarian views, particularly when they validate the egos of fragile people preoccupied with their own irreproachable goodness.
And my thesis here is to explain why I view the above insider transactions as a good signal of a contrarian opportunity.
Been buying below $70 as a contrarian play with very little downside risk.
But those in search of inbox zero might find some contrarian advice from Apple CEO Tim Cook.
David Dreman in his latest book "Contrarian Investment Strategy: The Psychological Edge" has noted this.
Essentially, I posit this question to readers, is MQ stock a contrarian bet worthwhile pursuing?
I’m not writing for someone who is already contrarian, but for the less common (on this site) but more mainstream Stanford student who reads the Review occasionally to stay informed.
In the past week alone, the security is down by 9%, as well, presenting an opportunity for contrarian investors to pick up shares at a discount.
Jan believes in contrarian investing, seeing potential in assets like office real estate and cryptocurrencies.
Technical analysis reveals contrarian bullish spot for S&P 500 - watch video.
The contrarian investor is making more bets on the fallen electric vehicle (EV) leader.
This approach led to our contrarian growth this year, completing several funding rounds, and establishing an independent ecological fund and educational academy to help propel the industry forward – all valuable achievements in overcoming challenges.
While Pilot has refrained from speaking against the Congress government — earlier he would often take a contrarian stance from the Congress government and even took out a yatra on the corruption issue — Gehlot has spoken about “forgiving and forgetting”.
An advocate of lab-grown meat, and GMO, Ritchie does not relish being contrarian on tackling environmental problems.
As an investor, Bonderman had a contrarian streak, and he was not afraid of offending others, even those in the White House.
Being a contrarian is not all that difficult in itself.
However, it’s precisely these moments of intense scrutiny and pessimism that can signal a buying opportunity for the contrarian investor.
It might be worth looking at if you don’t mind contrarian speculation.
It’s here that a contrarian mindset could pay huge dividends.
It’s time to take a contrarian angle on the stock market.
Common combinations with contrarian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the contrarian 6×
- contrarian views 4×
- of contrarian 3×
- is contrarian 3×
- contrarian to 3×
- jets contrarian 2×
- contrarian opp 2×
- for contrarian 2×
- contrarian play 2×
- contrarian investors 2×