devil's advocate
Example Sentences
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In her first SCiLL class, Allen said, “There were definitely people who’d signed up to play devil’s advocate in what they assumed would be a conservative class.”
Playing devil’s advocate: He may be responding to a new person in his home who is being kind and helpful.
From MarketWatch
On the contrary, it will encourage students to explore dissenting ideas, even if only as a “devil’s advocate.”
A devil’s advocate might argue that these assumptions themselves are a characteristic of a late bull market, when everyone is kicking themselves for not being 100% — or 150% — invested in stocks.
From MarketWatch
Sometimes they play devil’s advocate.
From Salon
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