contarian

A junior member raises his hand when told to, introduces bills he abhors, and keeps his contarian thoughts to himself--or he loses the funding and support of his party.

"It is virtually 100 percent that Webb is going to win the race." Ann Althouse 2006

Queen Arianna will allow a few contarian posts but they are mostly very poorly written.

Blogspotting - BusinessWeek 2009

I, and I’m sure others, are open to your suggestion of how you views might be better summed up, *I really would like to use a better word or phrase than contarian or sceptic*.

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