strawman

straw man

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Definitions of strawman word

noun strawman a mass of straw formed to resemble a man, as for a doll or scarecrow. 1
noun strawman a person whose importance or function is only nominal, as to cover another's activities; front. 1
noun strawman a fabricated or conveniently weak or innocuous person, object, matter, etc., used as a seeming adversary or argument: The issue she railed about was no more than a straw man. 1
noun Definition of strawman in Technology The first of the series of DoD requirements that led to Ada (Woodenman, Tinman, Ironman, Steelman). Strawman was produced by the HOLWG in Apr 1975. 1

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Origin of strawman

First appearance:

before 1585

One of the 35% oldest English words

First recorded in 1585-95

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Parts of speech for Strawman

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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strawman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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