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Straw Man

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Noun

1. figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman

a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

2. straw man, strawman

a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted

3. bird-scarer, scarecrow, scarer, straw man, strawman

an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Straw Man

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noun mainly US
1. 
a figure of a man made from straw
2.  a variant of man of straw

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Straw Man

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1. 
scarecrow
2. 
a person of little importance; nonentity
3. 
a weak argument or opposing view set up by a politician, debater, etc. so as to be able to attack it and gain an easy, showy victory
4. 
a person used to disguise another's intentions, activities, etc.; blind

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Straw Man

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n.
1. An argument or opponent set up so as to be easily refuted or defeated.
2. Law See dummy.

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