"straw man" in German straw man Scheingegner Scheinargument Schreckgespenst Strohmann Detailed translations for "straw man" straw man 1. politics straw man(also: man of straw) der Scheingegner{masculine} straw man(also: man of straw) das Scheinargument{neuter} straw man(also: man of straw) das Schreckgespenst{neuter} 2. economics straw man(also: man of straw, dummy) der Strohmann{masculine} This is a straw man Radovic her there. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Dafür ist sein Strohmann Radovic da. English synonyms for "straw man" straw man {n} bird-scarer figurehead front front man nominal head scarecrow scarer strawman