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Specious figure in an argument
Answer for the clue "Specious figure in an argument ", 8 letters:
strawman
Alternative clues for the word strawman
- Hypothetical proposition picked up blemishes lots made less of
- Wily debater’s creation
- An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
- Ineffective figurehead
- Deliberately weak argument metaphor
- Easily refuted argument
- Conveniently weak argument, metaphorically
- Rhetorical creation
Word definitions for strawman in dictionaries
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity [syn: front man , front , figurehead , nominal head , straw man ] a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted [syn: straw man ] an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from ...