| straw man n. 1. A person who is set up as a cover or front for a questionable enterprise. 2. An argument or opponent set up so as to be easily refuted or defeated. 3. A bundle of straw made into the likeness of a man and often used as a scarecrow. |
straw man
n Chiefly US
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Crafts) a figure of a man made from straw
2. another term for man of straw
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  straw man - a person used as a cover for some questionable activity |
| 2. | straw man - a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted specious argument - an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious | |
| 3. |  straw man - an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seedseffigy, simulacrum, image - a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" |
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