devil's advocate

English - Turkish

Definition of devil's advocate in English Turkish dictionary: şeytanın avukatı; zayıf tarafı savunan; (deyim) mahsus karsi tarafi tutarak munakasa eden kimse ,seytanin avukati; aziz adayı aleyhinde tartışan savcı (katolik); tartışma olsun diye zayıf tarafı savunan kimse
a devil's advocate: (deyim) şeytanın avukatı
devil's advocates: şeytanın savunucuları
play the devil´s advocate: (kendi görüşlerinin doğruluğunu ölçmek için) karşıt görüşlerin savunmasını yapmak
the devil's advocate: (deyim) mahsus karsi tarafi tutarak munakasa eden kimse ,seytanin avukati

English - English

Definition of devil's advocate in English English dictionary: One who debates from a view which they may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity, or simply for the sake of argument; (Roman Catholic Church) A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate; 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. someone who pretends to disagree with you in order to have a good discussion about something; someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument; person who argues the less accepted or approved side for the sake of argument; prosecutor
devil's advocates: plural form of devil's advocate
play devil's advocate: feign disagreement with an issue in order to provoke discussion

devil's advocate

Hyphenation

devil's ad·vo·cate

devılz ädvıkıt

/ˈdevəlz ˈadvəkət/ /ˈdɛvəlz ˈædvəkət/

() A calque of Latin advocātus diabolī (“the devil’s advocate”).

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