りくつ
Meanings
Noun
1. theory; reason; logic
2. (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse; pretext
Pitch accent
くつ
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
quibble; pointless argument
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
argumentative
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
quibbler
one can give a plausible argument for anything
sophistry
Examples (1 in total)
She knows poverty only in the abstract.