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Summary

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straw man:
- homme de paille
Wiktionary:
- straw man → épouvantail, homme de paille
- strawman → homme de paille

English

Detailed Translations for straw man from English to French

strawman:

Translation Matrix for strawman:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	bird-scarer; figurehead; front; front man; nominal head; scarecrow; scarer; straw man

Synonyms for "strawman":

front man; front; figurehead; nominal head; straw man; deceiver; cheat; cheater; trickster; beguiler; slicker
specious argument
scarecrow; bird-scarer; scarer; effigy; image; simulacrum

Related Definitions for "strawman":

an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds¹
a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted¹
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity¹

Wiktionary Translations for strawman:

strawman

noun

(figuré) (familier, fr) péjoratif|fr prête-nom ; contractant, acheteur supposé ; homme qu’on fait intervenir dans une affaire où il n’a pas d’intérêt personnel et où il agit non pour lui, mais pour le compte d’un autre.
- homme de paille → straw man; strawman

straw man:

straw man [the ~] nomen

the straw man
l'homme de paille
- homme de paille [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for straw man:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
homme de paille	straw man
-	bird-scarer; figurehead; front; front man; nominal head; scarecrow; scarer; strawman

Synonyms for "straw man":

front man; front; figurehead; nominal head; strawman; deceiver; cheat; cheater; trickster; beguiler; slicker
specious argument
scarecrow; bird-scarer; scarer; effigy; image; simulacrum

Related Definitions for "straw man":

an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds¹
a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted¹
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity¹

Wiktionary Translations for straw man:

straw man

noun

doll or scarecrow
- straw man → épouvantail; homme de paille
person of lesser importance
- straw man → homme de paille

straw man

noun

(figuré) (familier, fr) péjoratif|fr prête-nom ; contractant, acheteur supposé ; homme qu’on fait intervenir dans une affaire où il n’a pas d’intérêt personnel et où il agit non pour lui, mais pour le compte d’un autre.
- homme de paille → straw man; strawman

External Machine Translations:

Related Translations for straw man

man
straw

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