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Casuistic

//ˌkæzjuˈɪstɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to casuistry (attempts to solve moral dilemmas by applying general rules).
  2. 2
    Overly subtle, hair-splitting.

    "1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah These subjects have exercised not a little the casuistic talents of the Arab doctors: a folio volume might be filled with differences of opinion on the subject, "Is a blind man sound?""

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to or practicing casuistry wordnet

Etymology

From casuist + -ic.

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