Paper Tiger
nounid
109260·updated May 18, 2026verified
the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Paper Tigers
- possessive
- Paper Tiger's
- pluralpossessive
- Paper Tigers'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual
- §1 · legacy_primary
- the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectualDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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