casuistry

Meaning

casuistry means the process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics;.... It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

• The article uses casuistry to mean the process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of....
• The teacher asked students to find casuistry in the reading.