casuistry

Etymology
From. First recorded use in 1725.

Noun

 * 1) The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.
 * 2)  A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.
 * 1)  A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.
 * 1)  A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.
 * 1)  A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.
 * 1)  A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: casuística
 * Belarusian: казуі́стыка
 * Catalan: casuística
 * Czech: kazuistika
 * Finnish: kasuistiikka
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 * Latvian: kazuistika
 * Polish: kazuistyka
 * Portuguese: casuística
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