9 Letter Words for Casuistry
casuistry
8 Letter Words for Casuistry
cuissart, sacristy
7 Letter Words for Casuistry
aurists, casuist, citrusy, cristas, cuirass, curtays, cytisus, racists, raucity, rustics, sacrist, satyric, suricat, tarsius, urticas
6 Letter Words for Casuistry
acrisy, acrity, acuity, artics, aurist, carity, cistus, citrus, crasis, crissa, crista, cristy, crusta, crusts, crusty, curats, curias, curtsy, cystis, icarus, racist, rictus, russia, rustic, satury, satyrs, scarts, scarus, scaurs, scaury, scrats, scrays, sistra, sitars, stairs, stairy, strays, struis, surats, sutras, syriac, syrtic, syrtis, tarsus, tauric, triacs, tsuris, tussar, uratic, urtica
5 Letter Words for Casuistry
acris, actus, airts, aitus, arcus, arist, arius, arsis, artic, artsy, artus, ascry, ascus, assur, astir, auric, auris, carts, carty, carus, cassy, casts, casus, catur, cista, cists, citua, crass, crays, criss, crits, crius, crust, crusy, cryst, cuits, curas, curat, curia, cursi, cutis, cuyas, cyrus, cysts, ictus, raits, rasty, ratus, rissa, risus, ritsu, ritus, rusas, rusts, rusty, rutic, sacry, saics, sairs, sairy, saist, saris, sarus, satis, satyr, saucy, saury, sauts, sauty, sayst, scars, scart, scary, scats, scaur, scaut, scrat, scray, scrit, scurs, scuta, scuts, sitar, situs, sruti, stair, stars, stary, stays, stirs, stray, stria, styca, suist, suits, suity, suras, surat, surya, sutra, syria, syrus, tarsi, tayir, tiars, tisar, tissu, trass, trasy, trays, triac, trias, trica, truss, utica, yucas, yurta, yurts
4 Letter Words for Casuistry
acts, actu, acus, airs, airt, airy, aits, aitu, arcs, aris, arts, arty, arui, asci, assi, asst, astr, atis, atry, ayus, cair, cars, cart, cass, cast, cats, caus, cays, cira, cist, cits, city, cray, cris, crit, crts, crus, crut, cuir, cuit, cura, curs, curt, cury, cuss, cust, cuts, cuya, cyst, itas, itsy, iyar, racy, rais, rait, rast, rats, ratu, rays, rias, ricy, risc, rist, rita, rits, rucs, rusa, russ, rust, ruta, ruts, ryas, sacs, saic, sair, sais, sari, sars, sart, sati, saur, saut, says, scar, scat, scry, scsi, scur, scut, scyt, sics, sirs, sist, sita, sits, situ, srac, sris, star, stay, stir, stra, suci, suit, sura, susi, syrt, syst, tais, tari, tars, tass, tasu, taur, taus, tays, tiar, tics, trac, tray, tsia, tuis, uria, uric, ursa, usar, ussr, utai, utas, utis, yair, yati, yuca, yurt
3 Letter Words for Casuistry
act, acy, air, ais, ait, arc, ars, art, aru, ary, ass, ast, ayr, ays, ayu, cai, car, cat, cay, cia, cir, cis, cit, crs, crt, cru, cry, csi, cst, ctr, cts, cur, cut, icy, ira, irs, ist, ita, its, rai, ras, rat, ray, rct, ria, rit, rti, ruc, rut, rya, sac, sai, sar, sat, sau, say, sci, scr, sct, sic, sir, sis, sit, sri, ssu, sta, str, sty, sui, sur, sus, syr, tai, tar, tas, tau, tay, tic, tis, tiu, tra, tri, trs, try, tsi, tss, tua, tui, tur, tuy, tyr, uca, uit, ura, urs, usa, ust, uta, utc, uti, uts, yar, yas, yat, yis, yrs, yus
Definitions for Casuistry
[1] specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, especially in questions of morality; fallacious or dishonest application of general principles; sophistry.
[2] the application of general ethical principles to particular cases of conscience or conduct.
[3] philosophy the resolution of particular moral dilemmas, esp those arising from conflicting general moral rules, by careful distinction of the cases to which these rules apply
[4] reasoning that is specious, misleading, or oversubtle
Words related to Casuistry
lie, chicanery, deception, evasion, delusion, trick, equivocation, sophistry, speciousness, sophism, fallacy, deceptiveness
Words nearby Casuistry
casualty insurance, casualwear, casuarina, casuist, casuistic, casuistry, casus belli, cat, cat and mouse, cat brier, cat burglar
Origin of Casuistry
First recorded in 1715–25; casuist + -ry
Synonyms for Casuistry
chicanery, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, equivocation, evasion, fallacy, lie, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, spuriousness, trick, oversubtleness
