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strawman::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | straw man |
| Type of | specious argument |
strawman::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bird-scarer, scarecrow, scarer, straw man |
| Type of | image, simulacrum, effigy |
Examples of strawman
strawman
The whole section there is full of weasel words and unsourced strawman arguments.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The man you're talking about is a strawman constructed from your own ignorance.
From the world.time.com
Dawkins is very fond of saying how people like Ken West turn him in to a strawman.
From the newscientist.com
Never discuss the issue at hand, always hurl a strawman to justify a position.
From the economist.com
Your use of a strawman argument merely shows you have nothing better to offer.
From the guardian.co.uk
As for preventing the aforementioned demographic from flying, I call strawman.
From the economist.com
I like your strawman caricature of cyclists, but you left out latte-drinking.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's a strawman because it is an argument against a position that no one has taken.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I don't think I've ever seen someone try this hard to turn himself into a strawman.
From the business.time.com
- Front man: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- Straw man: a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
- Scarecrow: an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
- A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting a superficially similar yet unequivalent proposition (the "straw man"), and refuting it, without ...
- A straw man is a dummy in the shape of a human usually made up entirely out of straw material, or created by stuffing straw into clothes. Straw men are commonly used as scarecrows, combat training targets, swordsmiths' test targets, effigies to be burned, and as rodeo dummies to distract bulls.
- Alternative spelling of straw man
- One who stands in the place of another, usually in place of a person who wishes to do business through the strawman while remaining anonymous.
- The label assigned to the corporate shell in the redemption process. This corporate shell is attached to a baby at birth when a birth certificate is typed out using all capital letters and a Social Security number is applied for.
- First draft of a document put together to be the basis for discussion
