advocaat van de duivel — meaning in English
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English meaning
- devil's advocate noun Someone who argues a position they do not personally hold, in order to test an argument or provoke fuller discussion.
Senses
advocaat van de duivel is used for these senses in English:
- devil's advocate (idiomatic) One who debates from a viewpoint which one may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity or simply for the sake of argument.
devil's advocate — full definition
- noun Someone who argues a position they do not personally hold, in order to test an argument or provoke fuller discussion.
- noun In the Roman Catholic Church, the official formerly appointed to argue against the canonisation of a candidate for sainthood by setting out evidence of their faults.