"casuistry" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkæzjuːɪstɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæʒjuːɪstɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæʒuːɪstɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæʒuːəstɹi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-casuistry.wav [Southern-England], en-us-casuistry.ogg [US] Forms: casuistries [plural]
Etymology: From casuist + -ry. First recorded use in 1725. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|casuist|ry}} casuist + -ry Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} casuistry (countable and uncountable, plural casuistries)
  1. The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: casuistics Translations (process): դիպվածաբանություն (dipvacabanutʻyun) (Armenian), կազուիստիկա (kazuistika) (Armenian), casuística [feminine] (Asturian), казуі́стыка (kazuístyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), casuística [feminine] (Catalan), kazuistika (Czech), kasuistiikka (Finnish), casuistique [feminine] (French), Kasuistik [feminine] (German), kazuisztika (Hungarian), casistica [feminine] (Italian), kazuistika [feminine] (Latvian), kazuistyka [feminine] (Polish), casuística [feminine] (Portuguese), cazuistică [feminine] (Romanian), казуи́стика (kazuístika) [feminine] (Russian), kazuistika [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), casuística [feminine] (Spanish), kasuistik (Swedish), казуї́стика (kazujístyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-casuistry-en-noun-MK9SN2UP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'process': 100 0
  2. (derogatory) A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling. Tags: countable, derogatory, uncountable Synonyms: excuse, legalism, rationalization, sophistry
    Sense id: en-casuistry-en-noun-vrb~yuor
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: casuist, casuistic, casuistical, casuistically, casuistics

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