Casuistry

Quick meaning: Casuistry is a noun meaning An intricate argument, particularly.

Meaning

An intricate argument, particularly.

More Meanings

1. 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.

Example Sentences

Cages for Gnats, and Chains to Yoak a Flea; Dry'd Butterflies, and Tomes of Caſuiſtry

“And if you lose?” Diana enunciated, through a thin grin. She meant to extract casuistry’s penalty in advance.

And yet it would seem that the whole analysis he had made, his attempt to find a moral solution to the problem, was complete. His casuistry had been honed to a razor’s edge, and he could no longer think of any objections.

The letters of Margarita were all that the fondest lover could desire, the eye of a poet linger on, but they did not contain the casuistry which could lead Glentworth to renounce a faith which he had now been led to examine in a manner he had certainly never done before.

Word Forms

• casuistries

Synonyms for casuistry

Depending on context, synonyms include casuistics.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include casuistics, jurisprudence, casework, probabilism, criteriology, casuist.

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