casuistry

Word family adjectivecasuisticadverbcasuisticallynouncasuistcasuistry

cas·u·is·try /ˈkæʒuəstri/ noun [uncountableU]

formalINTELLIGENT the use of clever but often false arguments to answer moral or legal questions 诡辩（术）

Examples from the Corpus

casuistry• Certainly, Mr Patten, a Roman Catholic, ought to be able to appreciate casuistry.• This is not the keeping of the letter by escaping through the loopholes which we have opened up through clever casuistry.• The considerable public and social implications of this piece of casuistry require no comment.• The Minister was engaged in nothing more or less than casuistry.• The moral law had been covered with casuistry and hypocrisy.

词汇	casuistry
释义	casuistry Word family adjectivecasuisticadverbcasuisticallynouncasuistcasuistry cas·u·is·try /ˈkæʒuəstri/ noun [uncountableU] formalINTELLIGENT the use of clever but often false arguments to answer moral or legal questions 诡辩（术） Examples from the Corpus casuistry• Certainly, Mr Patten, a Roman Catholic, ought to be able to appreciate casuistry.• This is not the keeping of the letter by escaping through the loopholes which we have opened up through clever casuistry.• The considerable public and social implications of this piece of casuistry require no comment.• The Minister was engaged in nothing more or less than casuistry.• The moral law had been covered with casuistry and hypocrisy.
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