Strawperson

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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a fallacious argument which irrelevantly attacks a position that appears similar to, but is actually different from, an opponent's position, and concludes that the opponent's real position has thereby been refuted.

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unclassified

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unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Strawpersons
possessive: Strawperson's
pluralpossessive: Strawpersons'

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