contrarian

"How do a bunch of individualists and contrarians actually get on with running stuff?" asked one Labour source I was talking to.

Known for his near-falsetto high voice and contrarian fondness for professorial suits onstage, Thomas cut as distinct a figure onstage as his music did on record.

They’re the contrarian at the party who delights in puncturing polite shibboleths, unafraid to take on even their own tribes in pursuit of a deeper truth.

Maybe it feels like I’m being a contrarian because, as a critic, when I’m voting on awards, I adhere to the “strictly business” stance that you champion, Josh.

After it was presented to the chamber in 1929, it sank, virtually traceless — too big, maybe, too expensive, too ambitious, too contrarian to the plans of real estate salesmen.