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Showing words for CASUIST using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Casuist

casuist

6 Letter Words for Casuist

cistus

5 Letter Words for Casuist

actus, aitus, ascus, casts, casus, cista, cists, citua, cuits, cutis, ictus, saics, saist, satis, sauts, scats, scaut, scuta, scuts, situs, suist, suits, tissu, utica

4 Letter Words for Casuist

acts, actu, acus, aits, aitu, asci, assi, asst, atis, cass, cast, cats, caus, cist, cits, cuit, cuss, cust, cuts, itas, sacs, saic, sais, sati, saut, scat, scsi, scut, sics, sist, sita, sits, situ, suci, suit, susi, tais, tass, tasu, taus, tics, tsia, tuis, utai, utas, utis

3 Letter Words for Casuist

act, ais, ait, ass, ast, cai, cat, cia, cis, cit, csi, cst, cts, cut, ist, ita, its, sac, sai, sat, sau, sci, sct, sic, sis, sit, ssu, sta, sui, sus, tai, tas, tau, tic, tis, tiu, tsi, tss, tua, tui, uca, uit, usa, ust, uta, utc, uti, uts

Definitions for Casuist

[1] an oversubtle or disingenuous reasoner, especially in questions of morality.
[2] a person who studies and resolves moral problems of judgment or conduct arising in specific situations.
[3] a person, esp a theologian, who attempts to resolve moral dilemmas by the application of general rules and the careful distinction of special cases
[4] a person who is oversubtle in his or her analysis of fine distinctions; sophist

Words related to Casuist

bigot, trickster, impostor, phony, crook, charlatan, cheat, faker, fake, decoy, actor, mountebank, informer, malingerer, pretender, poser, quack, humbug, fraud, hook

Words nearby Casuist

casualization, casualty, casualty insurance, casualwear, casuarina, casuist, casuistic, casuistry, casus belli, cat, cat and mouse

Origin of Casuist

1600–10; < Spanish casuista < Latin cāsu(s ) case1 + -ista -ist

Word origin for Casuist

C17: from French casuiste, from Spanish casuista, from Latin cāsus case 1

Synonyms for Casuist

actor, backslider, bigot, bluffer, charlatan, cheat, crook, deceiver, decoy, dissembler, dissimulator, fake, faker, four-flusher, fraud, hook, humbug, impostor, informer, malingerer, masquerader, mountebank, pharisee, phony, playactor, poser, pretender, quack, smoothie, sophist, swindler, trickster, two-timer, attitudinizer, con artist, lip server, two-face, wolf in sheep's clothing