Associations to the word «Strawman»

Wiktionary

STRAWMAN, noun. Alternative spelling of straw man

Dictionary definition

STRAWMAN, noun. A person used as a cover for some questionable activity.
STRAWMAN, noun. A weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted.
STRAWMAN, noun. An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin