A straw man is a form of argument and an informal fallacy.
Straw man or strawman may also refer to:
General Straw man (dummy), a dummy made from straw from which the other concepts take their names Craterocephalus stramineus, a species of fish
Law and commerce Straw man (law), in law, a third party that acts as a front in a transaction Straw man proposal, in business and software development, a simple draft proposal to generate discussion Strawman theory, a pseudolegal theory in the sovereign citizen, tax protester, freeman, and redemption movements
Publications Straw Man (novel), a 1951 novel by Doris Miles Disney The Straw Man, a 1957 novel by Jean Giono Straw Man (comics), a 1975 Marvel Comics character Straw Men (novel), a 2001 novel by Martin J. Smith The Straw Men, a 2002 novel by Michael Marshall
Film The Straw Man (film), a 1953 British film Strawman (film), a 1987 Taiwanese film
Music "Strawman", a 1989 song by Lou Reed from New York "Straw Man", a 2019 song by Silversun Pickups from Widow's Weeds
See also Corn dolly, a humanoid figure woven from plant stems Man of Straw (disambiguation) Scarecrow (disambiguation) Der Untertan, a 1918 novel by Heinrich Mann Der Untertan (film), a 1951 East German film Wicker man (disambiguation)