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

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Ludmilka [50]2 years ago

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

Elanso [62]2 years ago

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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.

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