straw man
Noun
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Noun
straw man
- A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw.
- (figurative) An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.
- (figurative) An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related or contrasted thing or idea.
- Antonyms: steelman
(figurative, engineering, business) An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively. - a tentative straw-man spec
- Synonym of straw buyer#English|straw buyer
- 2000, John W. Reilly, The Language of Real Estate (page 381)
- If a broker or a salesperson attempts to use a straw man to purchase property for which he or she has a listing, the real estate person must specifically disclose in writing to the seller this relationship with the buyer.
- 2000, John W. Reilly, The Language of Real Estate (page 381)
- French: épouvantail
- German: Strohpuppe
- Italian: spaventapasseri
- Portuguese: espantalho
- Russian: (соло́менное) чу́чело
- Spanish: espantapájaros
- French: homme de paille
- German: Strohmann
- Italian: uomo di paglia
- Portuguese: laranja (figuratively), testa de ferro (figuratively)
- Spanish: hombre de paja
- French: homme de paille
- Portuguese: absurdo
- Portuguese: esboço
straw man
- To falsely attribute an insubstantial argument (a straw man argument) to another through direct declaration or indirect implication; to put words in someone's mouth.
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- Person A: "Cats have claws."
Person B: "Not all cats have claws: some are declawed."
Person A: "Don't straw man me; I never said all."
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