“devil's advocate”
A person who argues against a position they may personally agree with, in order to test the strength of the opposing argument or stimulate discussion. Listen to how native speakers pronounce "devil's advocate" in the video clips below.
Hear how "devil's advocate" sounds in real speech — 1,000 examples from 10 videos, movies, and TV shows. Channels: Lex Fridman, PowerfulJRE, The Diary Of A CEO.
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YouTubeLex Fridman3.1M views · 2022-07-17
Steve Keen: Marxism, Capitalism, and Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #303
“devil's advocate here uh the the”
Challenge and by the way I'm playing … question is is there something
Play at 2:03:34
YouTubeLex Fridman5.8M views · 2022-06-21
Douglas Murray: Racism, Marxism, and the War on the West | Lex Fridman Podcast #296
“devil's advocate practice the same idea”
trying to practice here by playing … that you mentioned which is
Play at 1:36:23
YouTubeLex Fridman1.2M views · 2022-12-03
Roger Gracie: Greatest Jiu Jitsu Competitor of All Time | Lex Fridman Podcast #343
“Devil's Advocate with you the benefit of”
benefit of drilling and I'm just playing … drilling is that you can more
Play at 2:37:10
YouTubePowerfulJRE1.8M views · 2024-04-25
Joe Rogan Experience #2141 - Bart Sibrel
“Devil's Advocate but the point is that”
automobile I'm just like I said I'm just … doesn't make any sense doesn't make a
Play at 2:32:45
YouTubeLex Fridman800K views · 2022-01-15
Nationalism Debate: Yaron Brook and Yoram Hazony | Lex Fridman Podcast #256
“devil's advocate here and address”
until they're gone could i actually play … something you've also said
Play at 28:18
YouTubeLex Fridman573K views · 2022-01-22
Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning | Lex Fridman Podcast #258
“devil's advocate pushing back and”
basically just playing a bit of a … wondering
Play at 1:33:42
YouTubeLex Fridman970K views · 2022-10-20
Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA | Lex Fridman Podcast #331
“devil's advocate uh to counter a point”
corporations right I am as often Playing … so that the disagreement reveals some
Play at 2:31:39
YouTubeThe Diary Of A CEO2.8M views · 2025-09-15
No.1 Money Saving Experts: Do Not Buy A House! Putting Money In A Bank Makes You Poorer!
“devil's advocate cuz I know they're”
someone clips me, this is I'm playing … going to clip this part out. It is
Play at 20:12
YouTubeThe Diary Of A CEO2.6M views · 2023-07-24
The LIFE-EXTENSION Doctor: "The ONE thing that's increasing your chance of early-death by 170.8%!"
“devil's advocate here I'm gonna respond”
but okay I'm gonna I'm gonna play … as one of my viewers right I'm gonna say
Play at 1:09:01
YouTubeLex Fridman5.0M views · 2023-09-18
James Sexton: Divorce Lawyer on Marriage, Relationships, Sex, Lies & Love | Lex Fridman Podcast #396
“- Devil's advocate kind of thing.”
- Well, always, always. … - Yeah, I mean, straw man, steelman stuff.
Play at 2:41:56