Word: casuist

Category: casuist

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Synonyms: casuist

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Translations: casuist

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russian
Translations:
казуист
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czech
Translations:
kasuista
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polish
Translations:
kazuista
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ukrainian
Translations:
казуїст
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estonian
Translations:
kasuist

The meaning and "use of": casuist

noun
  • a person who uses clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; a sophist. - My impression of him as a witness was that he was an inveterate casuist to say the least, and at times I was in wholehearted agreement with the claimant's representative's suggestions during cross examination that he was a stranger to the truth.

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