Straw Man
nounid
130023·updated May 18, 2026verified
an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
polysemousMWE
Attested in
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- figureheadscarecrowstraw manstrawman
- alternatephrasing
- Strawman
- plural
- Straw MansStraw Men
- possessive
- Straw Man's
- pluralpossessive
- Straw Mans'Straw Men's
Framework definitions
- §1
- an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
- §2
- a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
- §3
- a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- §1 · legacy_primary
- an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seedsDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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Incoming relationships
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