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casuistry
Overview of noun casuistry
The noun casuistry has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. casuistry -- (argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading)
2. casuistry -- (moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun casuistry
2 senses of casuistry
Sense 1
casuistry
=> argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning, line
=> reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought
=> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
casuistry
=> ethics, moral philosophy
=> philosophy
=> humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
=> discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
=> knowledge domain, knowledge base
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun casuistry
1 of 2 senses of casuistry
Sense 2
casuistry
=> probabilism
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun casuistry
2 senses of casuistry
Sense 1
casuistry
=> argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning, line
Sense 2
casuistry
=> ethics, moral philosophy
Antonyms of noun casuistry
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Substance Holonyms of noun casuistry
Part Holonyms of noun casuistry
Member Meronyms of noun casuistry
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Attributes of noun casuistry
Derived Forms of noun casuistry
2 senses of casuistry
Sense 1
casuistry
RELATED TO>(adj) casuistic#1
=> casuistic, casuistical
RELATED TO>(noun) casuist#1
=> casuist, sophist
Sense 2
casuistry
RELATED TO>(adj) casuistic#2
=> casuistic, casuistical
Domain of noun casuistry
Domain Terms of noun casuistry
Familiarity of noun casuistry
casuistry used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun casuistry
2 senses of casuistry
Sense 1
casuistry
> argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning, line
=> line of inquiry, line of questioning
=> casuistry
=> policy
Sense 2
casuistry
> ethics, moral philosophy
=> bioethics
=> casuistry
=> eudemonism, endaemonism
=> hedonism
Meronyms of noun casuistry
2 senses of casuistry
Holonyms of noun casuistry
Grep of noun casuistry
casuistry
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