advocatus diaboli Phrase
Meaning:
Devil's advocate
Comment
Someone who, in the face of a specific argument, voices an argument that he does not necessarily accept, for the sake of argument and discovering the truth by testing the opponent's argument. Confer the term "arguendo".
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