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りくつ
Meanings
Noun
1. theory; reason; logic
2. (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse; pretext
Alt. forms
理り屈くつ
93%
理り窟くつ
4%
りくつ
1%
Pitch accent
り
くつ
Used in: 140
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
① 無理にこじつけた論理。論理だけに偏り、現実に合わない口実や説明。
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.