contrarian vs militant

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. 

militant

noun
  • Specifically, someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant, or who engages in aggressive left-wing politics. 

  • An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction. 

adj
  • Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike. 

  • Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative. 

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