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| Main Entry: |
devil's advocate
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mediator |
| Synonyms: | apologist, pleader, polemicist, sophist |
| Main Entry: | devil's advocate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opponent for the sake of it |
| Synonyms: | apologist, defender, mediator, polemicist |
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Example Sentences
- Please remove this buffoon and his apologist arguments from your writing staff immediately.
- Apologist reports in state media are adding insult to injury.
- Apologist mewl that banking profits pay dividends into our pension-funds.
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