contrarian
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But from his bashful demeanor to his disinterest in delivering inflammatory sound bites, it’s clear the soft-spoken Mungiu lacks the mischievous air of a contrarian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
If they did, I’d think they had too much time on their hands, or maybe that they were a wackjob contrarian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Growing up, I was one of those reflexively contrarian teenagers who hated anything popular and found value in almost anything obscure, independent or weird.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
I base this upbeat conclusion on a contrarian analysis of how short-term market timers reacted to the stock market’s summer weakness.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Given that there is some rough economic estimate of a stock’s value, regression to the mean can sometimes be used to justify a kind of contrarian strategy.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
