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Definitions of straw man in various dictionaries:

noun - a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

noun - a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted

noun - an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds

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Possible Crossword Clues
Scarecrow
Brainless type approaches wizard for inexperienced fella down the street
Wants arm about kind of fallacy - or scarecrow
Brainless type looking for wizard for drinking with one of the workers
Rhetorical creation
Conveniently weak argument, metaphorically
Person of no substance
Spurious argument rejecting North American imperfections
One lacking substance
Inexperienced male put into position, inadequate person lacking substance

Possible Jeopardy Clues
This "man" is an irrelevant but convenient object to a attack in an argument

Straw man description
A straw man is a common form of argument and is an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man." * The typical straw man argument creates the illusion of having completely refuted or defeated an opponent's proposition through the covert replacement of it with a different proposition (i.e., "stand up a straw man") and the subsequent refutation of that false argument ("knock down a straw man") instead of the opponent's proposition.This technique has been used throughout history in polemical debate, particularly in arguments about highly charged emotional issues where a fiery "battle" and the defeat of an "enemy" may be more valued than critical thinking or an understanding of both sides of the issue. * Straw man tactics in the United Kingdom can be known as an Aunt Sally, after a pub game of the same name, where patrons threw sticks or battens at a post to knock off a skittle balanced on top.

Straw man description

A straw man is a common form of argument and is an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man."
* The typical straw man argument creates the illusion of having completely refuted or defeated an opponent's proposition through the covert replacement of it with a different proposition (i.e., "stand up a straw man") and the subsequent refutation of that false argument ("knock down a straw man") instead of the opponent's proposition.This technique has been used throughout history in polemical debate, particularly in arguments about highly charged emotional issues where a fiery "battle" and the defeat of an "enemy" may be more valued than critical thinking or an understanding of both sides of the issue.
* Straw man tactics in the United Kingdom can be known as an Aunt Sally, after a pub game of the same name, where patrons threw sticks or battens at a post to knock off a skittle balanced on top.

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