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Paper Tiger

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Paper Tigers
possessive
Paper Tiger's
pluralpossessive
Paper Tigers'