Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to steelman
Participle: steelmanned
Gerund: steelmanning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | steelman |
| you | steelman |
| he;she;it | steelmans |
| we | steelman |
| you | steelman |
| they | steelman |
Perfect
| I | have steelmanned |
| you | have steelmanned |
| he;she;it | has steelmanned |
| we | have steelmanned |
| you | have steelmanned |
| they | have steelmanned |
Past
| I | steelmanned |
| you | steelmanned |
| he;she;it | steelmanned |
| we | steelmanned |
| you | steelmanned |
| they | steelmanned |
Pluperfect
| I | had steelmanned |
| you | had steelmanned |
| he;she;it | had steelmanned |
| we | had steelmanned |
| you | had steelmanned |
| they | had steelmanned |
Future
| I | will steelman |
| you | will steelman |
| he;she;it | will steelman |
| we | will steelman |
| you | will steelman |
| they | will steelman |
Future Perfect
| I | will have steelmanned |
| you | will have steelmanned |
| he;she;it | will have steelmanned |
| we | will have steelmanned |
| you | will have steelmanned |
| they | will have steelmanned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | steelman |
| you | steelman |
| he;she;it | steelman |
| we | steelman |
| you | steelman |
| they | steelman |
Perfect
| I | have steelmanned |
| you | have steelmanned |
| he;she;it | have steelmanned |
| we | have steelmanned |
| you | have steelmanned |
| they | have steelmanned |
Imperfect
| I | steelmanned |
| you | steelmanned |
| he;she;it | steelmanned |
| we | steelmanned |
| you | steelmanned |
| they | steelmanned |
Pluperfect
| I | had steelmanned |
| you | had steelmanned |
| he;she;it | had steelmanned |
| we | had steelmanned |
| you | had steelmanned |
| they | had steelmanned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would steelman |
| you | would steelman |
| he;she;it | would steelman |
| we | would steelman |
| you | would steelman |
| they | would steelman |
Perfect
| I | would have steelmanned |
| you | would have steelmanned |
| he;she;it | would have steelmanned |
| we | would have steelmanned |
| you | would have steelmanned |
| they | would have steelmanned |
Imperative
| you | steelman |
| we | Let's steelman |
| you | steelman |
Verbs conjugated like 'steelman'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'steelman'
stean,
steel,
steem,
steen,
steepen,
strawman,
æsteem,
beman,
deman,
esteem,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From steel + -man. For the second definition, coined as the inverse of straw man.
Sample Sentences
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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: [2012 July 7, Guy Srinivasan, “Wireheading Steelman”, in lw-seattle (Usenet):]
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It is possible that while preparing for the talk I will manage to convince myself that the problem is in fact resolved or dissolved. In that case I will treat you to my best steelmanning of the problem, and its resolution. [2015 February 11, Daniel Armak, “Re: volunteers for feb 24.”, in LessWrong Tel Aviv (Usenet):]
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Perhaps the argument should be steelmanned in that we should generally avoid using algorithms which are so complex that they aren't glass boxes. [2015 June 18, rndn, “Going Deeper into Neural Networks”, in Hacker News forums:]
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And America would benefit if our culture of argument elevated the opposite approach, steel-manning, “the art of addressing the best form of the other person’s argument, even if it’s not the one they presented.” […] Coming full circle to our NPR host’s project, Messinger argues that “steelmanning makes you a better person. [2017 June 26, Conor Friedersdorf, “The Highest Form of Disagreement”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2017:]