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strawman

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English

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Noun

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strawman (plural strawmen)

  1. Alternative spelling of straw man

Verb

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strawman (third-person singular simple present strawmans, present participle strawmanning, simple past and past participle strawmanned)

  1. Alternative spelling of straw man
    • 2009, Bits of Organization page 44[1]:
      We are also charged with strawmanning Type la. This is 'boomerang misrepresentation' - a disingenuous tactic deployed by writers in an effort to establish the superiority of their own work when all they are really doing is simply repeating