Synonyms for casuistic
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : kazh-oo-is-tik or kazh-oo-is-ti-kuh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkæʒ uˈɪs tɪk or ˌkæʒ uˈɪs tɪ kəl |
Top 10 synonyms for casuistic Other synonyms for the word casuistic
- apocryphal
- apparent
- apparently right
- arrant
- base
- beguiling
- captious
- casuistic
- casuistical
- caviling
- cockeyed
- colorable
- concocted
- conscienceless
- contrary to fact
- cooked-up
- counterfactual
- credible
- cunning
- deceiving
- degraded
- degrading
- delusive
- devious
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- dissembling
- distorted
- elusive
- elusory
- empty
- equivocating
- erroneous
- ersatz
- evasive
- exploitative
- fake
- fallacious
- false
- fanciful
- fatuous
- faulty
- fictitious
- fishy
- flattering
- fraudulent
- fugitive
- greasy
- groundless
- hairsplitting
- hollow
- idle
- illegal
- illogical
- illusive
- imaginary
- implausible
- improper
- inaccurate
- inconclusive
- incongruous
- inconsequent
- inconsistent
- incorrect
- indirect
- inexact
- intangible
- invalid
- irrational
- irrelevant
- likely
- low-down
- lying
- mad
- meaningless
- mendacious
- mercenary
- misleading
- misrepresentative
- mistaken
- not following
- nugatory
- nutty
- oblique
- off the mark
- off the wall
- ostensible
- ostentatious
- perfidious
- petty
- phony
- plausible
- preposterous
- presumable
- presumptive
- pretentious
- prevaricating
- prevaricative
- probable
- questionable
- recreant
- ruthless
- scandalous
- scheming
- screwy
- seeming
- self-contradictory
- self-seeking
- selfish
- senseless
- shady
- sham
- shameless
- shifty
- shuffling
- sinister
- slippery
- sly
- sophistic
- sophistical
- sophisticated
- specious
- spurious
- stonewalling
- trumped up
- two-faced
- unclear
- unconnected
- unconscientious
- unconscionable
- underhand
- underhanded
- unethical
- unfair
- unfounded
- unprincipled
- unproved
- unreal
- unreasonable
- unscientific
- unsound
- unsubstantial
- untenable
- untrue
- untruthful
- unworthy
- vague
- vain
- venal
- wacky
- wicked
- without basis
- without foundation
- wrong
- wrongful
Définition of casuistic
- As in specious : adj misleading
- As in unscrupulous : adj immoral
- As in quibbling : adj trifling
- As in evasive : adj deceitful, tricky
- As in false : adj wrong, made up
- As in illogical : adj not making sense
- In fact the casuistic Elihu casts no light whatever on the situation.
- Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway
- These last are perhaps to be regarded as casuistic discussions like those which play such a large part in Jewish tradition.
- Extract from : « The Literature and History of New Testament Times » by J. Gresham (John Gresham) Machen
- If that despotic and casuistic recluse could have known what my heart and soul are like, she would have advised you differently.
- Extract from : « The Bride of the Nile, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- This is the position of the casuistic mystic moralist and not of the man who sees only the visible world.
- Extract from : « Robert Louis Stevenson » by Alexander H. Japp
- My casuistic knowledge is not sufficient to solve such a question reasonably.
- Extract from : « The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 » by Various
- The Jansenists, however, endeavored to meet the Papal condemnation with casuistic subtlety.
- Extract from : « The War Upon Religion » by Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
- But the concession can only be made for the sake of casuistic argument.
- Extract from : « Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877 » by Various
- A casuistic proceeding was necessary as well as a firm union of the bishops as pillars of the Church.
- Extract from : « History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) » by Adolph Harnack
- I was sure of Alisanda's constancy, and yet did not know what pressure their casuistic minds might bring to bear against her will.
- Extract from : « A Volunteer with Pike » by Robert Ames Bennet
- The theory, casuistic and subtle, appealed momentarily to a society that had no theories at all.
- Extract from : « Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern » by Edgar Saltus
Antonyms for casuistic
- aboveboard
- accurate
- actual
- authentic
- clear
- correct
- decent
- definite
- direct
- ethical
- factual
- fair
- faithful
- forthright
- frank
- genuine
- good
- honest
- honorable
- just
- kind
- known
- lawful
- logical
- meaningful
- moral
- open
- precise
- principled
- proven
- rational
- ready
- real
- reasonable
- reliable
- right
- scrupulous
- sensible
- sincere
- sound
- straight
- straightforward
- substantiated
- true
- trustworthy
- truthful
- upright
- valid
- wise
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