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Definition of straw man in English: straw mannoun 1An intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument. her familiar procedure of creating a straw man by exaggerating their approach as modifier you are constructing a straw man argument Example sentencesExamples - The example is a straw man.
- After reviewing the following examples, you can test your ability to identify straw man with student examples.
- Moreover, the charge that people are denying what Orsekes defines as the consensus appears to be a straw man.
- In actual fact, the entire article was a straw man exercise.
- Mr Tyler's review does serve one good purpose: it is an excellent example of the straw man fallacy.
- Some claimed that I was attacking a strawman, because he never said that the government would benefit from the plan, only that the individual workers would.
- Since you probably disagree with the straw man argument anyway, offer to help your opponent refute it.
- Thus the user of the straw man fallacy exposes their own tendency to incorrectly categorize their opponent.
- The problem with this formulation is that it creates a straw man to knock over with regard to the theories of the symbol.
- When your opponent sets up a straw man, set it on fire and kick the cinders around the stage.
2A person regarded as having no substance or integrity. a photogenic straw man gets inserted into office and advisers dictate policy Example sentencesExamples - All the 'straw man' characters typically depicted in such debates are present here.
- It's just a straw man design at this point.
- Elected politicians are straw men yanked about into ever-more preposterous postures.
- Personally I don't think he has any claws and is a straw man.
- He is just a straw man for people with money.
- Fortunately, he is just a straw man for others who have sufficient control of his actions and see to it that he does nothing without their supervision.
- He is a jerk, but a straw man as a character.
- He has been put up to the application by someone else and is only a straw man.
- He is often considered a dolt and straw man, an unequal contestant in a battle of wits.
- The author sets up the policeman as a dim-witted, macho, homophobic straw man so that the smartass, feminist activist can win every argument against him.
Definition of straw man in US English: straw mannounˌstrô ˈman 1An intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument. her familiar procedure of creating a straw man by exaggerating their approach as modifier you are constructing a straw man argument Example sentencesExamples - The problem with this formulation is that it creates a straw man to knock over with regard to the theories of the symbol.
- Mr Tyler's review does serve one good purpose: it is an excellent example of the straw man fallacy.
- Since you probably disagree with the straw man argument anyway, offer to help your opponent refute it.
- When your opponent sets up a straw man, set it on fire and kick the cinders around the stage.
- Moreover, the charge that people are denying what Orsekes defines as the consensus appears to be a straw man.
- Thus the user of the straw man fallacy exposes their own tendency to incorrectly categorize their opponent.
- After reviewing the following examples, you can test your ability to identify straw man with student examples.
- The example is a straw man.
- In actual fact, the entire article was a straw man exercise.
- Some claimed that I was attacking a strawman, because he never said that the government would benefit from the plan, only that the individual workers would.
2A person regarded as having no substance or integrity. a photogenic straw man gets inserted into office and advisers dictate policy Example sentencesExamples - Personally I don't think he has any claws and is a straw man.
- He is often considered a dolt and straw man, an unequal contestant in a battle of wits.
- The author sets up the policeman as a dim-witted, macho, homophobic straw man so that the smartass, feminist activist can win every argument against him.
- Fortunately, he is just a straw man for others who have sufficient control of his actions and see to it that he does nothing without their supervision.
- Elected politicians are straw men yanked about into ever-more preposterous postures.
- It's just a straw man design at this point.
- All the 'straw man' characters typically depicted in such debates are present here.
- He is a jerk, but a straw man as a character.
- He is just a straw man for people with money.
- He has been put up to the application by someone else and is only a straw man.
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