Casuistry synonyms

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sophistry
Sophistry is the deliberate use of a false argument with the intent to trick someone or a false or untrue argument.
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delusion
A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
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evasion
An evading; specif., an avoiding of a duty, question, etc. by deceit or cleverness
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fallacy (related)
(Obs.) Deception
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lie (related)
Something meant to deceive or mistakenly accepted as true:
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trick (related)
(Card Games) The cards (one from each player) played and won in a single round
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chicanery
The use of clever but tricky talk or action to deceive, evade, etc., as in legal dealings
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deceit
A dishonest action or trick; fraud or lie
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sophism
A plausible but fallacious argument.
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speciousness
(Uncountable) The state or quality of being specious.
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spuriousness
The property of being spurious.
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correct (related)
Plausible but invalid reasoning
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true (related)
Truth.
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oversubtlety
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eudaemonics
That part of ethics that deals with happiness; the science of happiness, contrasted with aretaics.
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jesuitism
The principles and practices of the Jesuits.
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obscurantism (related)
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heterodoxy (related)
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nominalism (related)
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Find another word for casuistry. In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for casuistry, like: sophistry, delusion, evasion, fallacy, lie, trick, chicanery, deceit, sophism, speciousness and spuriousness.
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Casuistry Sentence Examples

  • The casuistry of primitive man is uncompromisingly legal.

  • Very soon, however, these relics of casuistry were swept away by the rising tide of common-sense.

  • But common-sense and conscience are quite as definite guides as logic or authority; and there seems no good reason for refusing to give the name of casuistry to their operations.

  • casuistry found no place, because there were no sacred books.

  • John recoiled from the idle casuistry which occupied his own logical contemporaries; and, mindful probably of their aimless ingenuity, he adds the caution that dialectic, valuable and necessary as it is, is " like the sword of Hercules in a pigmy's hand " unless there be added to it the accoutrement of the other sciences.

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