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devil's advocate |
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devil's advocate Noun a person who takes an opposing or unpopular point of view for the sake of argument
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Playing devil's advocate to my children's and grandchildren's likely reaction to the articles forced me to re-examine my own seventy-something attitudes and convictions and wonder: Where did either the church or I personally go wrong? Harrelson mentioned some of these emotional portrayals when he presented the award to salute Theron's artistic independence in ``Monster,'' ``The Devil's Advocate,'' ``North Country'' and other films. The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO's Strategies for Defeating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization, by Thomas Kelley and Jonathan Littman (Currency, 2005). |
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