Insultant

Quick meaning: Insultant is a noun meaning (business, colloquial) A consultant who is willing to criticise the organisation that they work for.

Meaning

(business, colloquial) A consultant who is willing to criticise the organisation that they work for.

More Meanings

1. (rare) insulting
2. (rare) One who delivers an insult.

Example Sentences

Not surrounding yourself with only the 'Yes' men and women. Invite some 'Insultants' instead of just Consultants to keep you honest. Most consultants will tell you what you want to hear […]

As a consultant, he has specialized in strategy and policy for businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies around the globe. He is perhaps most famous for his direct criticisms of management, acknowledging that clients consider him a management "insultant."

Breakthroughs like having insultants around because they're prepared to buck convention and challenge the fundamental assumptions of the business. Outsiders serving as insultants are generally best because they feel no need to defer to the preferences of the CEO in order to enhance their promotion prospects.

The insult is one of the highest art forms. It is a form of minimalism, like the minimalism of an abstract artist. The one who insults is an insultant who, rather than use a canvas, uses another person. The insultant draws lines on a person to reduce them to the person they see and want others to see; and lines which they want the insulted one to feel.

Word Forms

• insultants

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rubbisher, criticule, crabber, pick-fault, insulter, knocker.

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