DEVIL’S ADVOCATE


Meaning of DEVIL’S ADVOCATE in English

If you play devil’s advocate in a discussion or debate, you express an opinion which you may not agree with but which is very different to what other people have been saying, in order to make the argument more interesting.

N-UNCOUNT : also with det

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