Casuistry synonyms
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Sophistry is the deliberate use of a false argument with the intent to trick someone or a false or untrue argument.
A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
An evading; specif., an avoiding of a duty, question, etc. by deceit or cleverness
fallacy (related)
(Obs.) Deception
lie (related)
Something meant to deceive or mistakenly accepted as true:
trick (related)
(Card Games) The cards (one from each player) played and won in a single round
The use of clever but tricky talk or action to deceive, evade, etc., as in legal dealings
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A dishonest action or trick; fraud or lie
A plausible but fallacious argument.
(Uncountable) The state or quality of being specious.
The property of being spurious.
correct (related)
Plausible but invalid reasoning
oversubtlety
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jesuitism
The principles and practices of the Jesuits.
obscurantism (related)
heterodoxy (related)
nominalism (related)
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.
