straw man

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw.
2. isim An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.
3. isim 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.

   “This Euler inequality recurs as either the cornerstone or the straw man in many theories contained in this book.”

4. isim An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively.

   “a tentative straw-man spec”

5. isim Synonym of straw buyer.

   “If a broker or a salesperson attempts to use a straw man to purchase property for which he or she has a listing, the real estate person must specifically disclose in writing to the seller this relationship with the buyer.”

6. fiil 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.

   “Person A: "Cats have claws." Person B: "Not all cats have claws: some are declawed." Person A: "Don't straw man me; I never said all."”