casuistic

English

Etymology

From casuist +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæzjuˈɪstɪk/, /ˌkæʒuˈɪstɪk/

Adjective

casuistic (comparative more casuistic, superlative most casuistic)

1. Relating to casuistry (attempts to solve moral dilemmas by applying general rules).
2. Overly subtle, hair-splitting.
   • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah

     These subjects have exercised not a little the casuistic talents of the Arab doctors: a folio volume might be filled with differences of opinion on the subject, "Is a blind man sound?"

Derived terms

• casuistically

 

Translations

relating to casuistry

• Asturian: casuísticu
• Belarusian: казуісты́чны (kazuistýčny)
• Catalan: casuístic
• Finnish: kasuistinen (fi)
• German: kasuistisch (de)
• Greek: καζουιστικός (el) (kazouistikós)
• Hungarian: kazuisztikus
• Latvian: kazuistisks
• Polish: kazuistyczny
• Portuguese: casuístico (pt)
• Russian: казуисти́ческий (ru) (kazuistíčeskij)
• Spanish: casuístico (es)
• Ukrainian: казуїсти́чний (uk) (kazujistýčnyj)

overly subtle, hair-splitting

• Ukrainian: казуїсти́чний (uk) (kazujistýčnyj)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} casuistique (fr)