adjective.
Of or relating to casuists or casuistry.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to casuists or casuistry; relating to cases of conscience, or to doubts concerning conduct; hence, over-subtle; intellectually dishonest; sophistical.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry.
adjective.
Relating to casuistry (attempts to solve moral dilemmas by applying general rules).
adjective.
Overly subtle, hair-splitting.
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adjective.
of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems
adjective.
of or relating to or practicing casuistry
Word Usage
"H.W. Fowler wrote about them incisively in his 1926 Dictionary of Modern English Usage, though most of the specific words he considered — such as casuistic and casuistical, diabolic and diabolical — don’t trouble us anymore."