steelman

verb

1. 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.

   I don't agree with the argument, because of 4. If I were to steelman it, which I may try but after work or maybe during lunch, I would first try to make it impervious to this assault:

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry steelman (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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