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ˈstraw man N

1. straw man (cover person):

slamnati mož m

2. straw man (discussion tactic):

šibek argument m

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According to the theory, the government created a fictitious person (or straw man) corresponding to each newborn citizen with bank accounts initially holding $630,000. en.wikipedia.org

The authors have claimed that some of the criticism it has received consists of straw man arguments, contradictions, and flawed logic. en.wikipedia.org

Arguing that races are not completely discrete biologically is a straw man argument. en.wikipedia.org

Often, a straw man document will be prepared by one or two people prior to kicking off a larger project. en.wikipedia.org

The simplified definition then becomes a straw man fallacy when used to support an argument. www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com

Never saw a straw man dance like that. www.theglobeandmail.com

It had 30 attendees, and featured the burning of a straw man built on site. en.wikipedia.org

Fortunately, the laugh was on her when several students thanked me for shooing the solicitor and her straw man away. www.dailycal.org

To be successful, a straw man argument requires that the audience be ignorant or uninformed of the original argument. en.wikipedia.org

On the one hand, there are philosophers who deny that mental states are linguistic in nature and see this as a straw man argument. en.wikipedia.org

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