straw man

1. A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw.

   Strohpuppe

   чу́челоčúčelo, пу́галоpúgalo, страши́лаstrašíla

2. (переносно)An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.

   Strohmann

3. (переносно)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.

4. (переносно)An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively.

   a tentative straw-man spec

5. Synonym of straw buyer.

1. It always has to be a straw man with them.

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