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or casuistical
as in sophistical
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for casuistic
Adjective
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The case was resolved on Jan. 13 of this year when the judge dismissed de Blasio’s specious case in an 81-page ruling.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2025 -
Inside, the layout is streamlined and intuitive, with a door-in-door compartment for quick grabs, a specious full-width drawer, and a three-tier organization system in the freezer.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The fallacious notion that truth is in the eye of the beholder.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Unfortunately, the Trump Administration, in its tariff policy, has embraced a framework that is basically fallacious and certain to lead to destructive policy that benefits nobody, including Americans.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Pike’s stairs, however, are an M.C. Esher–esque illogical maze, full of steep drop-offs and impossible turns.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2025
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Instead—and this has been reported throughout the process of people trying to preorder a Nintendo Switch 2—individuals go through a confusing and seemingly illogical experience.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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After a 14-year break, the Final Destination franchise returns with another installment sure to inspire a host of new irrational fears.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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Free agency is in the distant past, the NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror and, barring any major swerves, many fans are piecing team depth charts together with irrational confidence while anxiously waiting for Wednesday’s schedule release.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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The outfits are wildly incoherent, and the choreography is boring.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
12 May 2025
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As recently as January, the Liberals trailed the Conservatives by almost twenty points in the polls, owing to a wave of severe, if sometimes incoherent, dissatisfaction with Trudeau.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
1 May 2025
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“Casuistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casuistic. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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