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contrarianism

contrarianism noun: a pattern of stubbornly adopting contrary, nonconforming viewpoints; the beliefs and practices of a contrarian.

Noun

contrarianism (countable and uncountable, plural contrarianisms)

  1. A pattern of stubbornly adopting contrary, nonconforming viewpoints; the beliefs and practices of a contrarian.
    • Kelly, who specialised in implacable unreason about climate change before his conversion to stubborn contrarianism about various Covid remedies – contrarianism at odds with the views of designated experts including Australia’s chief medical officer – speaks to a constituency the Coalition wants to...2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, “Scott Morrison must heed the lesson of Donald Trump and slap down Craig Kelly”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2023

Forms of contrarianism

pluralcontrarianisms

Origin of contrarianism

From contrarian + -ism.

Questions about contrarianism

What does contrarianism mean?
Contrarianism means a pattern of stubbornly adopting contrary, nonconforming viewpoints; the beliefs and practices of a contrarian.
What part of speech is contrarianism?
Contrarianism is a noun.
What is the plural of contrarianism?
The plural of contrarianism is contrarianisms.

Words near contrarianism in the dictionary

  1. contraremonstrant
  2. contraremonstrants
  3. contrarevolutionaries
  4. contrarevolutionary
  5. contrarian
  6. contrarianism
  7. contrarianisms
  8. contrarianly
  9. contrarians
  10. contrariant
  11. contrariantly

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