Definitions from Wiktionary (straw man)

▸ noun:  A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw.
▸ noun:  (figurative) An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.
▸ noun:  (figurative) An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, e.g. by misrepresenting an opponent's argument by broadening or narrowing the scope of a premise, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related or contrasted thing or idea.
▸ noun:  (figurative, engineering, business) An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively.
▸ noun:  Synonym of straw buyer
▸ verb:  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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