steelman

Meanings

Noun

A steelworker.
A stronger version of an argument that one is about to critically analyze.

Verb

To repair flaws in an argument before analyzing it critically; to refute or to weaken the force of a stronger version of an argument than what was actually given.

Origin

steel + -man. For the second definition, possibly coined as the inverse of straw man.

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