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casuistry

(n): argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading
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6 months ago chained_bear said:

"He felt the ampulla in his cheek — undying mortal sin except by casuistry — and although he had long thought prayer in time of danger indecent, prayers sang in his mind, the long hypnotic cadences of plainchant imploring protection for his love." --Patrick O'Brian, The Surgeon's Mate, 366

about 1 year ago plumpesDenken said:

Hitchens on the casuistry of Chomsky in blaming the World Bank. p. 423

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