variants
or casuistical
as in sophistical
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for casuistic
Adjective
-
All the effort of life, disguised as specious, distracted entertainment.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
4 Aug. 2025 -
This is primarily due to an unbalanced shift to new generation sources requiring 24/7 backup from traditional generation sources, which were too soon taken out of service based on specious assumptions about a trace atmospheric gas.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
-
The same economists who believe in the same fallacious economic notions?—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
-
There might be a bigger market for these products, and more consumers might be immune to the fallacious argument that they’re overly processed, if more people were persuaded of the ills of factory farming.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
Adjective
-
The system is confusing, ill-explained and illogical.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
-
The conference also welcomes back Maryland, which always felt more at home there, and rids itself of its illogical Bay Area/Dallas outposts.—
Jim Root,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
-
Nothing adds depth to an irascible curmudgeon quite like an irrational love of pets that do not love you back.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
-
Our worries are often dismissed as irrational—planes are much safer than cars, etc.—
Elaine Godfrey,
The Atlantic,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
-
Donald Trump took a break from serving as the leader of the free world on May 16 to write a borderline incoherent screed against Bruce Springsteen, just after the songwriter blasted him at the inaugural date of his 2025 European tour.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2025
-
And that a looser, messier, even seemingly incoherent set of choices with respect to point of view comes closer to the experience of consciousness, etc., something, something, non-Western narrative traditions, whatever, OK.—
Book Marks
July 17,
Literary Hub,
17 July 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Casuistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casuistic. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share