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ˈstraw man N

1. straw man (cover person):

2. straw man (discussion tactic):

Scheinargument nt (als rhetorischer Kniff)

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be a man of straw

ein Hochstapler m sein

a drowning man will clutch at a straw prov

ein Ertrinkender klammert sich an jeden Strohhalm

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

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

Using rhetorical devices such as straw man or red herring arguments, a negative campaign can insinuate an opponent holds an idea without directly accusing the opponent of favoring those ideas. en.wikipedia.org

Examples of such erroneous criticisms based on this straw man argument abound in the medical literature. 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

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

But the attack mounted is against a straw man. health.usnews.com

In this approach to logic, fallacies such as the straw man, red herring etc. point to a deficiency in the premises in one of these three criteria. en.wikipedia.org

Some other scientists however argue the implication that many (or most) adaptionists are panglossians is a straw man. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

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