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noun
The process of answering practical questions by means of interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: casuistics
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noun
An intricate argument, particularly
Hairsplitting, argument with quibbling detail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, uncountable
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noun
An intricate argument, particularly
Sophistry, a specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, uncountable
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noun
An intricate argument, particularly
Legalism, argument concerning the text of a written law against all other factors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, uncountable
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noun
moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ethics, moral philosophy
Narrower terms: probabilism
noun
argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning, line
History
Etymology tree English casuist Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English casuistry From casuist + -ry.
Across languages
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
