Devil's Advocate
nounid
47078·updated May 18, 2026verified
someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument
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Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Devil's Advocates
- possessive
- Devil's Advocate's
- pluralpossessive
- Devil's Advocates'
Framework definitions
- §1
- someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument
- §1 · legacy_primary
- someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argumentDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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