doll vs straw man

doll

noun
  • A toy in the form of a human. 

  • An attractive young woman. 

  • A short signal post mounted on a bracket mounted on the main signal post, or on a signal gantry. 

  • A kind of barrier used in horse racing. 

  • The smallest or pet pig in a litter. 

  • A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart. 

straw man

noun
  • A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw. 

  • An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss. 

  • An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, e.g. by misrepresenting an opponent's argument by broadening or narrowing the scope of a premise, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related or contrasted thing or idea. 

  • An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively. 

  • Synonym of straw buyer 

verb
  • To falsely attribute an insubstantial argument (a straw man argument) to another through direct declaration or indirect implication; to put words in someone's mouth. 

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