How to pronounce “man of straw”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A weak person.
• One who is financially irresponsible.
• A person put in the front of some business, but who is not really responsible.
• A tactic used in debates and arguments where a weaker thesis is substituted for the opponent's real proposition, this thesis then being refuted, thereby creating the illusion of winning the argument against the original proposition.

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