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CASUIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does casuist mean?
• CASUIST (noun)
The noun CASUIST has 1 sense:
1. someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious
Familiarity information: CASUIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
casuist; sophist
Hypernyms ("casuist" is a kind of...):
ratiocinator; reasoner (someone who reasons logically)
Derivation:
casuistical (of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems)
casuistical (of or relating to or practicing casuistry)
casuistry (argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading)
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