Question

What is the purpose of the idiom in the following statement? Don't mind Martin; he just likes to play devil's advocate.

Answer 1

I Think that the answer would be A. to show that Martin wants to provoke discussion.

Answer 2

Don't mind Martin; he just likes to play devil's advocate, shows that Martin wants to provoke discussion.

The idiom “he just likes to play devil's advocate” is a Latin translation of ‘advocatus diaboli’ , refers to attack an argument even one is in favor of it in order to testify the validity of the proposition or to examine it’s strength.