Casuist
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A person whose moral or legal reasoning is overly clever, intricate, or specious, often used to justify questionable conclusions.
“The politician was dismissed as a casuist by critics who found his ethical arguments evasive.”
Pronunciation
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cas·u·ist
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Synonyms
sophist
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Wordle
Unusual combination of C, A, U, I in sequence, the terminal ST is a useful pattern
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Scrabble
Worth 9 points, not widely known so a strong rack-clearing word in competitive play
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