English noun: casuistry | |||
1. | casuistry (cognition) argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading | ||
Broader (hypernym) | argument, argumentation, line, line of reasoning, logical argument | ||
2. | casuistry (cognition) moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ethics, moral philosophy | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | probabilism | ||