Cages for Gnats, and Chains to Yoak a Flea; Dry'd Butterflies, and Tomes of Caſuiſtry
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Casuistry
/ˈkæzjuːɪstɹi/
Synonyms for "casuistry" (126 found)
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aestheticsaltruistic ethicsapologeticsapologiaapologyapparent soundnessaretaicsargumentargumentationaxiologybickerbickeringcategorical imperativechristian ethicscircularitycomparative ethicscontentioncontroversycosmologycrossed fingers
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Noun(2 words)
case analysiscase-based reasoning
Strong matches (37)
deontologydisingenuousnessdisputationdisputedistortionegoistic ethicsempiricismemptinessepistemologyequivocalnessequivocationethical formalismethical philosophyethicsethologyethonomicseudaemonicsevasive reasoningevolutionismfallaciousness
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fallacyfalsityfirst philosophyflytinggnosiologygolden rulehasslehedonismhollow mockeryhollownesshubbubhypocrisyinsincerityintuitionismjesuitismjesuitrylitigation
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logiclogomachymental philosophymetaphysicsmisapplicationmockerymoral philosophymystificationobfuscationobscurantismontologyoversubtletypaper warpassage of armsperfectionismperversionphenomenologyphilosophastryphilosophic doctrinephilosophic system
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philosophic theoryphilosophical inquiryphilosophical speculationphilosophismphilosophyplausibilityplausiblenesspolemicpolemicsrationalizationrhubarbschool of philosophyschool of thoughtscience of beingset toset-tosituation ethicssophismsophistical reasoningsophisticationsophistryspecial pleadingspeciosityspecious reasoningspeciousnessspuriousnessstoicismsubtletytheory of beautytheory of knowledgetongue in cheekuncandidnessuncandorunfranknessutilitarianismvalue theoryverbal engagementvicious circlevicious reasoningwar of wordswrangling
Noun(2 words)
rhetorical maneuverspecious reasoning
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10 entriesargumentargumentationethical reasoningethicslineline of reasoninglogical argumentmoral philosophymoral reasoningreasoning
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4 entriescase-based argumentcasuistic methodlegal casuistrymoral casuistry
Collocations
6 entriescase-based reasoningcasuistic methodethical reasoninglegal casuistrymoral casuistryspecious reasoning
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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.
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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.
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“And if you lose?” Diana enunciated, through a thin grin. She meant to extract casuistry’s penalty in advance.
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