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Ineffective figurehead
Answer for the clue "Ineffective figurehead ", 8 letters:
strawman
Alternative clues for the word strawman
- Rhetorical creation
- Wily debater’s creation
- Intentionally misrepresented logical proposition
- An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
- Informal fallacy used in an argument
- Specious figure in an argument
- Deliberately weak argument metaphor
- Hypothetical proposition picked up blemishes lots made less of
- Conveniently weak argument, metaphorically
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 ...