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  • 1 devil’s advocate

    devil’s advocate s Advocatus m Diaboli:
    a) KATH Geistlicher, der in einem Heilig- oder Seligsprechungsprozess die Gründe gegen die Heilig- oder Seligsprechung darlegt
    b) fig jemand, der in einer Diskussion bewusst Gegenargumente hervorbringt, um dadurch zu weiterer Diskussion anzuregen

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  • 2 devil's advocate

    dev·il's 'ad·vo·cate n
    Advocatus Diaboli m;
    to play the \devil's advocate den Advocatus Diaboli spielen

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  • 3 devil's advocate

    noun
    Advocatus Diaboli, der
    * * *
    noun
    Advocatus Diaboli, der

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  • 4 advocate

    1. noun
    (of a cause) Befürworter, der/Befürworterin, die; Fürsprecher, der/Fürsprecherin, die; (for a person) Fürsprecher, der/Fürsprecherin, die; (Law) [Rechts]anwalt, der/[Rechts]anwältin, die
    2. transitive verb
    * * *
    1. ['ædvəkət] noun
    (a supporter, a person who is in favour (of): an advocate of reform.) der/die Fürsprecher(in), Jurist
    2. [-keit] verb
    (to recommend: He advocated increasing the charges.) befürworten
    * * *
    ad·vo·cate
    I. vt
    [ˈædvəkeɪt]
    1. (support)
    ▪ to \advocate sth etw unterstützen [o befürworten]
    she \advocates taking a more long-term view sie ist dafür, eine langfristigere Perspektive einzunehmen
    2. LAW (argue for, defend)
    ▪ to \advocate sth sich akk für etw akk einsetzen
    to \advocate a cause für eine Sache eintreten, sich akk für eine Sache einsetzen [o engagieren
    II. n
    [ˈædvəkət, -keɪt]
    1. POL Befürworter(in) m(f), Verfechter(in) m(f)
    to be an \advocate of environmentalism/women's rights für den Umweltschutz/die Rechte der Frauen eintreten
    strong \advocate engagierter Befürworter/engagierte Befürworterin
    2. LAW [Rechts]anwalt, -anwältin m, f; (defence lawyer) Verteidiger(in) m(f)
    3.
    ▶ the devil's \advocate Advocatus m Diaboli
    * * *
    ['dvəkɪt]
    1. n
    1) (= upholder of cause etc) Verfechter(in) m(f), Befürworter(in) m(f)
    2) (esp Scot JUR) (Rechts)anwalt m/-anwältin f, Advokat(in) m(f) (old, dial) ['dvəkeɪt]
    2. vt
    eintreten für; plan etc befürworten
    * * *
    A s [ˈædvəkət; -keıt]
    1. Verfechter(in), Befürworter(in)
    2. JUR
    a) schott Rechtsanwalt m: → academic.ru/43826/Lord_Advocate">Lord Advocate
    b) US Rechtsbeistand m
    B v/t [-keıt] verfechten, befürworten, eintreten für:
    advocate doing sth dafür eintreten, etwas zu tun
    adv. abk
    2. LING adverb
    3. LING adverbial (adverbially)
    4. adversus, against
    * * *
    1. noun
    (of a cause) Befürworter, der/Befürworterin, die; Fürsprecher, der/Fürsprecherin, die; (for a person) Fürsprecher, der/Fürsprecherin, die; (Law) [Rechts]anwalt, der/[Rechts]anwältin, die
    2. transitive verb
    * * *
    n.
    Anwalt -¨e m.
    Fürsprecher m.
    Rechtsbeistand m.
    Sachwalter m.
    Verfechter m. v.
    befürworten v.
    eintreten für ausdr.
    verfechten v.
    verteidigen v.

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  • 5 advocate

    ad·vo·cate vt [ʼædvəkeɪt];
    to \advocate sth etw unterstützen [o befürworten];
    she \advocates taking a more long-term view sie ist dafür, eine langfristigere Perspektive einzunehmen;
    to \advocate a cause für eine Sache eintreten, sich akk für eine Sache einsetzen [o engagieren] n [ʼædvəkət, -keɪt]
    1) pol Befürworter(in) m(f), Verfechter(in) m(f);
    to be an \advocate of environmentalism/ women's rights für den Umweltschutz/die Rechte der Frauen eintreten;
    strong \advocate engagierter Befürworter/engagierte Befürworterin
    2) law [Rechts]anwalt, -anwältin m, f; ( defence lawyer) Verteidiger(in) m(f)
    PHRASES:
    the devil's \advocate Advocatus m Diaboli

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См. также в других словарях:

  • devil's advocate — n someone who pretends to disagree with you in order to have a good discussion about something ▪ He would play devil s advocate with anyone …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • devil's advocate — noun play/be devil s advocate to pretend to disagree with someone in order to start an argument or interesting discussion …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • devil's advocate — 1760, translating L. advocatus diaboli, one whose job it is to urge against the canonization of a candidate for sainthood. [F]ar from being the whitewasher of the wicked, the [devil s advocate] is the blackener of the good. [Fowler] …   Etymology dictionary

  • devil's advocate — If someone plays Devil s advocate in an argument, they adopt a position they don t believe in just for the sake of the argument …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Devil's Advocate — • A title given to an officer of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, established in 1587, by Sixtus V, to deal juridically with processes of beatification and canonization Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • devil's advocate — is someone who argues against a proposition or belief in order to test it. It should not be used to mean someone who supports a bad or wicked cause. Its origin lies in the Roman Catholic official (in Latin advocatus diaboli) who tests the case… …   Modern English usage

  • devil’s advocate — [n] mediator apologist, pleader, polemicist, sophist; concepts 348,423 …   New thesaurus

  • devil's advocate — ► NOUN ▪ a person who expresses a contentious opinion in order to provoke debate …   English terms dictionary

  • devil's advocate — n. [transl. of ML advocatus diaboli] 1. R.C.Ch. an official selected to examine the facts critically and raise objections in the case of a dead person named for beatification or canonization 2. a person who upholds what is regarded as the wrong… …   English World dictionary

  • Devil's advocate — For other uses, see Devil s advocate (disambiguation). In common parlance, a devil s advocate is someone who, given a certain argument, takes a position he or she does not necessarily agree with, just for the sake of argument. In taking such… …   Wikipedia

  • devil's advocate — noun someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument • Hypernyms: ↑debater, ↑arguer * * * noun, pl ⋯ cates [count] : a person who expresses an opinion that disagrees with others so that there will be an interesting discussion about …   Useful english dictionary

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