Casuistic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ËŒkæzjuˈɪstɪk/, /ËŒkæʒuˈɪstɪk/

Origin

casuist + -ic.

Full definition of casuistic

Adjective

1. Relating to casuistry (attempts to solve moral dilemmas by applying general rules).
2. Overly subtle, hair-splitting.
• 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and MeccahThese subjects have exercised not a little the casuistic talents of the Arab doctors: a folio volume might be filled with differences of opinion on the subject, "Is a blind man sound?"