jesuitry

Noun

Meaning

Jesuitism; subtle argument.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

jesuitism cant distortion fallacy sophistication hypocrisy mockery emptiness plausibility perversion rationalization casuistry equivocation mystification sophism

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Antonyms

fidelity accuracy confidence reliability integrity simplicity

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Hypernyms

Christian theology

Examples

Hearn's experiences at the school confirmed his lifelong conviction that Christian education consisted of "conventional dreariness and ugliness and dirty austerities and long faces and Jesuitry and infamous distortion of children's brains." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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