Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to casuists or casuistry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to casuists or casuistry; relating to cases of conscience, or to doubts concerning conduct; hence, over-subtle; intellectually dishonest; sophistical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to
casuistry (attempts to solve moral dilemmas by applying general rules). - adjective Overly
subtle ,hair-splitting .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems
- adjective of or relating to or practicing casuistry
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Examples
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H.W. Fowler wrote about them incisively in his 1926 Dictionary of Modern English Usage, though most of the specific words he considered — such as casuistic and casuistical, diabolic and diabolical — don’t trouble us anymore.
Word Court 2007
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H.W. Fowler wrote about them incisively in his 1926 Dictionary of Modern English Usage, though most of the specific words he considered — such as casuistic and casuistical, diabolic and diabolical — don’t trouble us anymore.
Word Court 2007
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One additional note, though -- please do not write me e-mails asking casuistic questions about whether or not it's okay to read something or other during Lent (I've gotten a few in the past).
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One additional note, though -- please do not write me e-mails asking casuistic questions about whether or not it's okay to read something or other during Lent (I've gotten a few in the past).
Archive 2010-02-01 2010
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Logical arguments have attacked war since the dawn of time, yet war has always had its casuistic defenders.
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Logical arguments have attacked war since the dawn of time, yet war has always had its casuistic defenders.
David Vognar: Making Real Peace with the Spirit of John F. Kennedy 2010
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But this is all pretty casuistic: We move from case to case without direct consideration of what the objectionable features of adultery are.
Porndultery 2008
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At least Kant had the virtue of rigid consistency and did not make casuistic exceptions.
The Volokh Conspiracy » It’s Official: Kinder, Gentler Military Commissions: 2009
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As to the last charge advanced by Draper, that Castro betrayed the original ideals of the Cuban revolution, the defense of Professor Williams is either weak or casuistic.
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The idea that this is all a response to the post 9/11 policies, with all their corkscrew-like bends, is casuistic, to put it mildly.
Who is to run our foreign policy? Helen 2006
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