voice in the wilderness
Ignored righteous warning
A voice in the wilderness is someone expressing an unpopular opinion or warning that goes unheeded by the majority.
The phrase comes from biblical descriptions of John the Baptist preaching in the desert, calling for repentance before most were ready to listen.
Today it characterizes anyone whose message, though potentially important or prophetic, fails to gain traction: She was a voice in the wilderness warning about the housing bubble years before the crash.
Divinely inspired messenger
- cassandraDisbelieved predictor of misfortune
- loneExisting by itself
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- unheededIgnored after being given
ignored · dissent · outlier · contrarian · minority · maverick · nonconformist · whistleblower
prophet
Divinely inspired messenger
unheeded · ignored · dissent · outlier · contrarian · minority · maverick · nonconformist · whistleblower · herald
voice in the wildernessopinion leader
Person shaping others' views
thought leader · kingmaker · rallying cry · man of the hour · trendsetter
voice in the wildernessconventional wisdom
Generally accepted beliefs
party line · insider · mainstream · establishment · orthodoxy
voice, voices, voiced, voicing, voiceless, vocalization, vocabulary, wilds, wilder