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devil's advocateадвокат дьяволa (someone who pretends, in an argument or discussion, to be against an idea or plan that a lot of people support, in order to make people discuss and consider it in more detail: I don't really believe all that – I was just playing devil's advocate.)
devil's advocateчеловек, который защищает позицию, которой сам не обязательно придерживается (wikipedia.org Aiduza)