casuistry

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noun

1. argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading
• Derivationally related forms:
casuistic, casuist
• Hypernyms:
argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning, line
2. moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
• Derivationally related forms:
casuistic
• Hypernyms:
ethics, moral philosophy
• Hyponyms:
probabilism