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Meaning of stråmand | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. straw man (in organized crime)
  2. straw man

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Examples

“Det er en Stråmand, der fældes efter alle Kunstens Regler, og man forstår derfor Rosenkrantz' Harme ved en sådan Bedømmelse ...”

That is a straw man, which is felled according to Hoyle, and one therefore understands Rosenkrantz' indignation at such a judgement ...

“I faglige sammenhænge lægges der stor vægt på at ethvert referat af andres synspunkter er loyalt, og her er stråmanden uden undtagelse en argumentationsform man skal undgå.”

In professional contexts, great emphasis is placed on every rendering of other people's views being loyal [to the views], and here, the straw man is, without exception, a form of argumentation to be avoided.

“Når stråmanden alligevel er værd at nævne her, er det, fordi den er så udbredt - især politikere, der ønsker at virke samlende og midtsøgende, har en tendens til at opstille stråmænd på stribe.”

When the straw man is still worth mentioning here, it is because it is so prevalent - politicians who wish to seem opposite-of-polarizing and centrist, in particular, have a tendency to line up straw men.

“Positioner konstrueres retorisk ved at definere afstand til selvkonstruerede ”stråmænd” og positioner, som muligvis aldrig har eksisteret i den form, de bliver fremstillet.”

Positions are rhetorically constructed by defining distance to self-constructed "strawmen" and positions that may never have existed in the form in which they are presented.

“Angrebet er en festlig affære – de to fjender udmajes som absolutistiske stråmænd med gåseøjne og versaler – de tror på „The Human Mind“ og „Human Nature“ som enhedslige, diktatoriske afguder, ...”

The assault is a festive affair - the two enemies are dressed up as absolutist strawmen with quotation marks and uppercase initial letters - they believe in "The Human Mind" and "Human Nature" as unitlike, dictatorlike idols, ...

“Begge sider skyder rasende løs på stråmænd som de selv har posteret helt ude i hampen.”

Both sides are furiously shooting at strawmen which they themselves have posted all the way out in crazy-zone.

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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