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Meaning of steelman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Español aplicar un hombre de acero

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.

See also

steelmaster steelpan steelpannist steelpipe Steelpoort steelring