regarding casuists or casuistry; regarding cases of conscience, or to doubts regarding conduct; ergo, over-subtle; intellectually dishonest; sophistical.
A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor In popular usage the term is often employed to indicate any lawless revolutionary social scheme See Communism Fourierism Saint Simonianism forms of socialism...
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