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devil's advocacy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables
dev-il's ad-vo-ca-cy
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of playing devil's advocate.

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does devil's advocacy mean?
The act of playing devil's advocate.

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