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DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does devil's advocate mean?
• DEVIL'S ADVOCATE (noun)
The noun DEVIL'S ADVOCATE has 1 sense:
1. someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument
Familiarity information: DEVIL'S ADVOCATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("devil's advocate" is a kind of...):
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