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
Tatyanatah-TYAH-nahRussian
CharlemagneSHAHR-lə-mayn (English)History
Jannik-Danish
Helenehe-LEN (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), he-LE-nu (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Ismael['ismiəl]
Artaxerxes-Ancient Persian (Hellenized), History, Biblical