I was having a bi*** of a time trying to remember this word. The desire to have it at hand has been recurring at least once a week for many months. Google has been no help until today when I finally found it via Thesaurus.com.
They define it as "overgeneral reasoning," by the way. I swear I looked for it there before under every synonym on that list. Today I found it under 'equivocation'. I probably looked for it under 'equivocate'; there may not be a verb form. I know I looked for it under 'sophistry' and 'sophism'.
I don't like what The Free Dictionary and Thesaurus.com have become.
That one word may define how the Supreme Court is able to determine each and every ruling.
ReplyDeleteI used your "word" in an article as a way of honoring you my friend.
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Hey, thank you! I appreciate that. I'll go check that out.
ReplyDeleteWikipedia is a better source; it accurately describes casuistry as case-based reasoning, which is the very basis of common-law jurisprudence, and the antithesis of "overgeneral" reasoning.
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