contrarian vs individualist

contrarian

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

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

adj
  • Pertaining to or characteristic of a contrarian. 

individualist

noun
  • Someone who does as they wish, unconstrained by external influences. 

  • Someone who believes in individualism as a sociopolitical system. 

  • Someone who believes in the philosophy of individualism; a solipsist. 

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