devil's advocate
/ˌdevlz ˈædvəkət/noun
उच्चारण डेव्ल्ज़ ऐड्वकट
जानबूझकर विरोधी पक्ष रखने वाला (बहस या परख के लिए)
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a person who argues against something or expresses an opinion they may not really hold, just to start a discussion or to test the other arguments
जानबूझकर विरोधी पक्ष रखने वाला (बहस या परख के लिए)
- Radhika played devil's advocate so that the team would think about every weakness in the plan.
- Let me be the devil's advocate for a moment and ask why we need this change at all.
- Playing devil's advocate, the teacher asked the class why homework was needed at all.
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- Sometimes I play devil's advocate just to test a friend's argument.
- Raj was the devil's advocate in the debate, taking the opposite side.
§Grammar and usage
Play devil's advocate means to argue against an idea, even if you agree with it, in order to test it.
Play devil's advocate का अर्थ है किसी विचार की परख के लिए उसके विरुद्ध तर्क देना, भले ही आप उससे सहमत हों।
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Latin Advocatus Diaboli, an official of the Roman Catholic Church whose job was to argue against a person being declared a saint.
यह Latin के Advocatus Diaboli से आया है, जो Roman Catholic Church का एक अधिकारी होता था और जिसका काम किसी व्यक्ति को संत घोषित किए जाने के विरुद्ध तर्क देना था।