Associations to the word «Strawman»
Wiktionary
STRAWMAN, noun. Alternative spelling of straw man
Dictionary definition
STRAWMAN, noun. A person used as a cover for some questionable activity.
STRAWMAN, noun. A weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted.
STRAWMAN, noun. An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.