strawman

See also: straw man

English

Noun

strawman (plural strawmen)

1. Alternative spelling of straw man

Verb

strawman (third-person singular simple present strawmans, present participle strawmanning, simple past and past participle strawmanned)

1. Alternative spelling of straw man
   • 2009, Bits of Organization page 44‎^[1]:

     We are also charged with strawmanning Type la. This is 'boomerang misrepresentation' - a disingenuous tactic deployed by writers in an effort to establish the superiority of their own work when all they are really doing is simply repeating