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steelman

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A masculine steelworker.
  2. A surname.
  3. A stronger version of an argument that one is about to critically analyze.

Equivalents

Examples

“a "steel man" is an improvement of someone's position or argument that is harder to defeat⟳ than their originally stated position or argument.”
“I want⟳ to make⟳ that strawman into a steelman, but I eliminated "the pursuit of happiness" from my to-do list so many years ago that I don't even know⟳ where I'd begin⟳.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

steelmaster steelpan steelpannist steelpipe Steelpoort steelring

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