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Categories: 16th-century neologisms, Political metaphors referring to people, Barriers to critical thinking, Error, Martin Luther

straw man strawman Logical fallacy/Straw man Strawman argument Arguing a straw man

A weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted WordNet 3.0

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A weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A straw man fallacy is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction. Wikipedia

Form of argument and an informal fallacy. Wikipedia Disambiguation

A form of argument and 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 Wikidata

An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related or contrasted thing or idea. Wiktionary

Insubstantial or weakly supported concept, idea, endeavor or argument. Wiktionary (translation)

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

straw man, strawman

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straw man

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