1An intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument.
her familiar procedure of creating a straw man by exaggerating their approach
as modifieryou are constructing a straw man argument
Example sentencesExamples
The example is a straw man.
After reviewing the following examples, you can test your ability to identify straw man with student examples.
Moreover, the charge that people are denying what Orsekes defines as the consensus appears to be a straw man.
In actual fact, the entire article was a straw man exercise.
Mr Tyler's review does serve one good purpose: it is an excellent example of the straw man fallacy.
Some claimed that I was attacking a strawman, because he never said that the government would benefit from the plan, only that the individual workers would.
Since you probably disagree with the straw man argument anyway, offer to help your opponent refute it.
Thus the user of the straw man fallacy exposes their own tendency to incorrectly categorize their opponent.
The problem with this formulation is that it creates a straw man to knock over with regard to the theories of the symbol.
When your opponent sets up a straw man, set it on fire and kick the cinders around the stage.
2A person regarded as having no substance or integrity.
a photogenic straw man gets inserted into office and advisers dictate policy
Example sentencesExamples
All the 'straw man' characters typically depicted in such debates are present here.
It's just a straw man design at this point.
Elected politicians are straw men yanked about into ever-more preposterous postures.
Personally I don't think he has any claws and is a straw man.
He is just a straw man for people with money.
Fortunately, he is just a straw man for others who have sufficient control of his actions and see to it that he does nothing without their supervision.
He is a jerk, but a straw man as a character.
He has been put up to the application by someone else and is only a straw man.
He is often considered a dolt and straw man, an unequal contestant in a battle of wits.
The author sets up the policeman as a dim-witted, macho, homophobic straw man so that the smartass, feminist activist can win every argument against him.
Definition of straw man in US English:
straw man
nounˌstrô ˈman
1An intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument.
her familiar procedure of creating a straw man by exaggerating their approach
as modifieryou are constructing a straw man argument
Example sentencesExamples
The problem with this formulation is that it creates a straw man to knock over with regard to the theories of the symbol.
Mr Tyler's review does serve one good purpose: it is an excellent example of the straw man fallacy.
Since you probably disagree with the straw man argument anyway, offer to help your opponent refute it.
When your opponent sets up a straw man, set it on fire and kick the cinders around the stage.
Moreover, the charge that people are denying what Orsekes defines as the consensus appears to be a straw man.
Thus the user of the straw man fallacy exposes their own tendency to incorrectly categorize their opponent.
After reviewing the following examples, you can test your ability to identify straw man with student examples.
The example is a straw man.
In actual fact, the entire article was a straw man exercise.
Some claimed that I was attacking a strawman, because he never said that the government would benefit from the plan, only that the individual workers would.
2A person regarded as having no substance or integrity.
a photogenic straw man gets inserted into office and advisers dictate policy
Example sentencesExamples
Personally I don't think he has any claws and is a straw man.
He is often considered a dolt and straw man, an unequal contestant in a battle of wits.
The author sets up the policeman as a dim-witted, macho, homophobic straw man so that the smartass, feminist activist can win every argument against him.
Fortunately, he is just a straw man for others who have sufficient control of his actions and see to it that he does nothing without their supervision.
Elected politicians are straw men yanked about into ever-more preposterous postures.
It's just a straw man design at this point.
All the 'straw man' characters typically depicted in such debates are present here.
He is a jerk, but a straw man as a character.
He is just a straw man for people with money.
He has been put up to the application by someone else and is only a straw man.