Casuistry (noun)
kas-oo-is-tree
Specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, especially in questions of morality; fallacious or dishonest application of general principles; sophistry.
1600–10; Spanish casuista Latin cāsu ( s ) case 1 + -ista -ist-try
Example sentences
“His casuistry is plain to see in his memoir.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
