Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
strawman
Arabic translation:
حجة وهمية تافهة
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Liliane Hatem
Apr 21, 2011 03:32
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English term
strawman
English to Arabic
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like all truisms, however, this grand consensus disintegrates very shabbily when it leaves the mantelpiece and enters the toolkit of enquiry. we find that we can hold it together with patches of strawman argumentation in the case of east-west exchange, but only at the risk of great ridiculousness when any attempt is made to use it as
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
5 | حجة وهمية تافهة | Liliane Hatem |
5 | واهية | Hassan Lotfy |
4 | هش / يفتقد للموضوعية | Morano El-Kholy |
Change log
Apr 22, 2011 16:34: Liliane Hatem changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1264130">mohammed saabneh's</a> old entry - "strawman"" to ""حجة وهمية تافهة""
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حجة وهمية تافهة
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A person who is set up as a cover or front for a questionable enterprise. 2. An argument or opponent set up so as to be easily refuted or defeated. ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/straw man
A person who is set up as a cover or front for a questionable enterprise. 2. An argument or opponent set up so as to be easily refuted or defeated. ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/straw man
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واهية
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هش / يفتقد للموضوعية
جدال هش / يفتقد للموضوعية
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