Associations to the word «Casuistry»
Noun
Wiktionary
CASUISTRY, noun. The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics.
CASUISTRY, noun. (pejorative) A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.
Dictionary definition
CASUISTRY, noun. Argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading.
CASUISTRY, noun. Moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.