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English
Etymology
From casuist + -ic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkæzjuˈɪstɪk/, /ˌkæʒuˈɪstɪk/
Adjective
casuistic (comparative more casuistic, superlative most casuistic)
- Relating to casuistry (attempts to solve moral dilemmas by applying general rules).
- Overly subtle, hair-splitting.
- 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
- These subjects have exercised not a little the casuistic talents of the Arab doctors: a folio volume might be filled with differences of opinion on the subject, "Is a blind man sound?"
Derived terms
Translations
overly subtle, hair-splitting
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