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or casuistical
as in sophistical
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for casuistic
Adjective
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Kennedy’s skill at flooding his audiences with specious claims that sound logical or highbrow was on full display during his 2023 interview with the podcaster Joe Rogan.—
Benjamin Mazer,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2025 -
The specious comparison of women’s beach volleyball to football is not how a proper Title IX analysis works.—
Kiara Alfonseca,
ABC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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That will in turn spread on social media, which often plays a disproportional role in boosting these disinformation efforts by providing nearly unlimited platforms for unfiltered content and fallacious and deceptive claims.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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But hard evidence in both our nation’s history and our present shows that this reasoning is fallacious.—
Ana Raquel Minian,
TIME,
30 May 2024
Adjective
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Moreover, reality is incredibly illogical and multi-faceted, and people are so inconsistent and full of contradictions.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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This is not illogical, in the same way that any blackmail makes sense on paper.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Many voters said Governor Whitmer’s order, which restricted an outdoor activity – gardening – seemed irrational and excessive, even at the time.—
Jacob Turcotte,
The Christian Science Monitor,
11 Mar. 2025
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But the widening gap between its real-world performance and analysts’ earnings estimates for unborn products has prompted some to warn of irrational exuberance.—
Chris Kirkham,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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But that’s mainly because Adams appears to be a bumbling small-timer -- an often incoherent ...—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
11 Feb. 2025
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That is as incoherent as embracing folks who beat up police officers.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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