How to pronounce casuist
American English pronunciation
KAZH-oo-ist
- IPA
- /ˈkæʒuɪst/
- Syllables
- KAZH · oo · ist (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What casuist means
A clever but tricky arguer about right and wrong
In a sentence: Like a true casuist, Leo argued that eating the last cookie was fair because nobody had said he couldn't.
Where it comes from: It comes from French casuiste, from Latin casus, a case. A casuist once worked through hard cases of right and wrong one at a time.
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