GRE vocabulary
casuistry
clever but misleading reasoning used to justify dubious behavior, especially on moral questions
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Questions about “casuistry”
Casuistry (noun) means clever but misleading reasoning used to justify dubious behavior, especially on moral questions
Here is casuistry used in an example sentence: "He defended the loophole with a piece of casuistry so slick that no one could immediately rebut it."
Common synonyms for casuistry include sophistry, speciousness, quibbling.
Antonyms of casuistry include candor.
Casuistry is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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