casuistic

variants or casuistical

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for casuistic
Adjective
  • The characters are treated with odd touches of realism and their sophistic arguments are stingingly psychologized.
    Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017
Adjective
  • In the world of wellness and health content, few areas of our anatomy attract more interest lately — and specious claims — than the gut microbiome.
    Will Stone, NPR, 22 June 2026
  • In fairness, concluding no one cares is a specious take, at best, based on the evidence Tuesday.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee released a report this week criticizing the president and Freedom 250, accusing it of diverting funds and misleading sponsors.
    Luke Fountain, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • The charge alleges a person knowingly defrauded another by using false or misleading information to obtain money, property, credit or a loan.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Adjective
  • There is a widespread but fallacious perception that India's tariffs are inordinately high.
    Mohan Kumar, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The same economists who believe in the same fallacious economic notions?
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • In spite of D'Arcy's best efforts, Rhaenyra is an impenetrable character with illogical choices and zero magnetism to the viewers (or seemingly, her councilors).
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026
  • On the outside, firing the coach of a first-place team seemed illogical.
    Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • The reflex, from a distance, is to call this irrational.
    Tyler Evans, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
  • If people believe regulatory caution invalidates every legal claim, courts may look irrational.
    Alex Smolak, STAT, 27 June 2026
Adjective
  • Writing was a corrective to my reality, which felt incoherent.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • However, his second wife, Alicent Hightower (played as a young girl by Emily Carey and as an adult by Olivia Cooke), interprets his incoherent dying words as a change of heart in favor of her son, Aegon II Targaryen (played as a child by Ty Tennant and as an adult by Tom Glynn-Carney).
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • If these requirements are not met, the search is unreasonable and therefore unlawful, and evidence obtained in that search cannot be used in court, barring a good-faith exception.
    Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
  • Justices ruled that sweeping use of cellphone data requires a warrant, a decision applying the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, to new technology.
    Josh Feldman, NBC news, 30 June 2026
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“Casuistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casuistic. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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