"strawman" meaning in English

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      "form": "strawmen",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "straw man"
        }
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        "Alternative spelling of straw man"
      ],
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          "straw man#English"
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  "word": "strawman"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strawmans",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strawmanning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strawmanned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strawmanned",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "straw man"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Bits of Organization page 44",
          "text": "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",
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        }
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    }
  ],
  "word": "strawman"
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      "form": "strawmen",
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          "word": "straw man"
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      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of straw man"
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          "straw man",
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  "word": "strawman"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strawmans",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strawmanning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strawmanned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strawmanned",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "straw man"
        }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "2009, Bits of Organization page 44",
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        }
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  "word": "strawman"
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