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strawman
  • Intentionally misrepresented logical proposition
  • Informal fallacy used in an argument
  • Ineffective figurehead
  • Easily refuted argument
  • Deliberately weak argument metaphor
  • Conveniently weak argument, metaphorically
  • Rhetorical creation
  • An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
  • Hypothetical proposition picked up blemishes lots made less of
  • Scarecrow, e.g
  • Wily debater’s creation
  • Specious figure in an argument
Wiktionary
strawman

n. (alternative spelling of straw man English)

WordNet
strawman
  1. n. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity [syn: front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man]

  2. a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted [syn: straw man]

  3. an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds [syn: scarecrow, straw man, bird-scarer, scarer]

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