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casuistic

[kazh-oo-is-tik] / ˌkæʒ uˈɪs tɪk /








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It would be easy enough to brush off this peculiar fact with some casuistic postmodernist explanation, such as saying that disenfranchised groups find empowerment through humor.

From Scientific American • Feb. 26, 2011

The committee, exclaimed Mexico's Raul Noriega, must not come to share Mr. Shaw's "casuistic attitude."

From Time Magazine Archive

"My casuistic knowledge is not sufficient to solve such a question reasonably."

From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von

He had added a volume of Shaaloth-u-Tshuvoth, or "Questions and Answers" to the colossal casuistic literature of his race.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel

In a spirit of reverence they followed the recital of the Haggadah, as the patriarch intoned in a feeble but impressive voice, the queer, outlandish, Talmudic, and casuistic interpretations of the festival.

From Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life by Frank, Ulrich




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