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单词 casuist
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casuistn.

/ˈkazjuːɪst//ˈkaʒ(j)uːɪst/
Etymology: < French casuiste (Spanish casuista , Italian casista ), < Latin cāsus case: see -ist suffix.
A theologian (or other person) who studies and resolves cases of conscience or doubtful questions regarding duty and conduct. (Often with a sinister application: see casuistry n.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > [noun] > false reasoner, sophist
sophisterc1380
Duns man1528
chop-loge1542
dunser?1550
shifter1567
chop-logic1575
sophist1581
casuist1616
casualist1633
Jesuit1640
logicaster1683
chopper1699
special pleader1796
society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > moral theology > adherent of
casuist1616
casuistess1865
1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. v, in Wks. I. 576 To talke with a Casuist about his diuorce. View more context for this quotation
a1661 B. Holyday in tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) Pref. Like an exact casuist does he not make conscience man's keeper and judge?
1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. iii. v. 31 Like cunning Casuists, as all Lovers are.
1668 J. Denham Poems 179 Casuists, like Cocks, struck out each others Eyes.
1733 A. Pope Of Use of Riches 1 Who shall decide, when Doctors dis-agree, And soundest Casuists doubt, like you and me?
1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 359.
1836 H. Rogers Life J. Howe (1863) iii. 71 Provided we state a real reason..it is agreed by all casuists, that we are not bound to state every reason.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 566 Casuists willing and competent to soothe his conscience with sophisms.

Derivatives

ˈcasuist v. Obsolete to play the casuist.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > employ sophism [verb (intransitive)]
to chop logic1528
to play the sophister?1550
Jesuit1601
casuist1643
special-plead1702
special-plead1848
1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 44 Wee never leave subtilizing and casuisting.
ˈcasuistess n. a female casuist.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > [noun] > false reasoner, sophist > female
sophistress1631
casuistess1865
society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > moral theology > adherent of
casuist1616
casuistess1865
1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. v. 181 No casuistess in the Gay Science.
ˈcasuistly adv. Obsolete according to the principles of casuists.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > [adverb]
sophisticallya1382
fallaciously1612
Jesuitically1624
casuistly1650
casuistically1678
verbalistically1934
1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 7 Uncasuistly or unconscientiously asserted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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