straw man



straw man

a weak proposition posited only to be demolished by a simple countering argument. So you can knock down your own straw man! Big deal. The question is how can you deal with real problems.
See also: man, straw

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Manaia-Maori
Plamen-Bulgarian, Serbian
Uschi-German
Firat-Turkish
Edi-Slovene, Croatian
Zinoviya-Russian