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jesuitical

A student attends a jesuitical school that emphasizes both faith and reason.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Characteristic of the Jesuits or Jesuitism: Having qualities, methods, or principles associated with the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola. This often refers to their intellectual rigor, educational focus, or perceived casuistry.
    • Cunningly subtle or casuistic: By extension, often used pejoratively to describe arguments or reasoning that are excessively subtle, deceptive, or overly concerned with moral distinctions to the point of sophistry.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The school's curriculum was known for its Jesuitical emphasis on logic, rhetoric, and classical languages.
    • His defense was so full of Jesuitical distinctions that it seemed more like an evasion of the truth than an explanation.
Advanced Usage
  • "Jesuitical precision": Refers to extreme meticulousness and intellectual exactness, characteristic of Jesuit scholarship.
    • The philosopher was known for his Jesuitical precision in defining terms.
  • "Jesuitical casuistry": Refers to the application of general ethical principles to particular cases of conscience, often with a negative connotation of using clever but unsound reasoning.
    • The debate devolved into a morass of Jesuitical casuistry that obscured the core moral issue.
Variants and Related Words
  • Jesuitic (adj): An alternate form with the same meaning as "Jesuitical."
  • Jesuit (n): A member of the Society of Jesus.
  • Jesuitism (n): The system, principles, or practices of the Jesuits; sometimes used synonymously with casuistry.
Synonyms
  • Casuistic: Relating to the resolution of moral problems by the application of theoretical rules to particular instances.
  • Sophistical: Using clever but false arguments, intending to deceive.
  • Subtle: So delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe; can imply craftiness.
  • Evasive: Tending to avoid commitment or direct answers.
Antonyms
  • Forthright: Direct and outspoken; straightforward.
  • Candid: Truthful and straightforward; frank.
  • Unambiguous: Not open to more than one interpretation; clear.
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • "Jesuitical argument": A phrase describing an argument perceived as deceitfully clever or overly reliant on technicalities.
    • He saw the lawyer's Jesuitical argument as an attempt to win on a technicality rather than on the merits.
  • "A Jesuitical mind": A description of someone who thinks with great subtlety and complexity, sometimes with a hint of suspicion regarding their motives.
    • She possessed a Jesuitical mind, capable of finding loopholes in any regulation.
jesuitical

A student attends a jesuitical school that emphasizes both faith and reason.

Adjective
  1. having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism
    • Jesuitical education

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