Casuist is an English word with synonyms like sophist or reasoner. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Casuist meaning
- A person who resolves cases of conscience or moral duty.
- Someone who attempts to specify exact and precise rules for the direction of every circumstance of behaviour.
- One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
Using Casuist
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who resolves cases of conscience or moral duty. | Someone who attempts to specify exact and precise rules for the direction of every circumstance of behaviour. | One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
- Useful related words include: sophist, reasoner, ratiocinator.
- In the example corpus, casuist often appears in combinations such as: the casuist.
Context around Casuist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Casuist
- In this selection, "casuist" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include it the casuist would ask and the casuist might conclude. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "casuist" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with casuist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
From it, the casuist would ask how closely the given case currently under consideration matches the paradigmatic case. (18 words)
The casuist might conclude that a person is wrong to lie in legal testimony under oath, but might argue that lying actually is the best moral choice if the lie saves a life. (33 words)
The casuist might conclude that a person is wrong to lie in legal testimony under oath, but might argue that lying actually is the best moral choice if the lie saves a life. (33 words)
From it, the casuist would ask how closely the given case currently under consideration matches the paradigmatic case. (18 words)
Example sentences (2)
From it, the casuist would ask how closely the given case currently under consideration matches the paradigmatic case.
The casuist might conclude that a person is wrong to lie in legal testimony under oath, but might argue that lying actually is the best moral choice if the lie saves a life.
Common combinations with casuist
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: