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catechistic

ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism
    the catechistic method

How To Use catechistic In A Sentence

  • Embracing the new orthodoxy with almost catechistic devotion, they insisted on the importance of construing each constitutional provision according to the presumed intentions of the Framers, no matter how disruptive or radical the consequences might be. Rehnquist the Great?
  • And then there's a faith-based method of reasoning, which basically is more catechistic than empiric -- that is, instead of facts leading to conclusions, conclusions lead to facts. Mark Green: Climategate! Another Diversion From "Liberal" Science
  • the catechistic method
  • The sheer amount of poorly controlled data foisted on a poorly informed and easily troubled public was matched only by the catechistic fervor of the authors. The Ugh Factor in 'Healthy' Foods
  • These catechistic exchanges very often teach standard or dogmatic answers to hypothetical questions. Contextualizing Amanda Marcotte
  • It is catechistic: the essence of revelation is dealt with via simple formulae and sumptuous icons. Archive 2004-08-01
  • Now you just need to cook up some line about honoring the logic of the feast for the boys 'sake, part of that catechistic education after all, about presenting gifts that recognize a person's nature, and you're golden .... Save Little Christmas. Give books.
  • Bush is the exact opposite -- more catechistic than empiric, as conclusions lead to "facts. Mark Green: W & Iraq -- and the "Luck" of Democracy
  • The “Compendium of the Catechism” speaks of “the wisdom of its presentation and the depth of its spirituality,” and our book has grown out of an “amicitia catechistica” between Notre Dame de Vie in France, Maryvale Institute and Franciscan University in Steubenville -- three institutions that have firsthand evidence of this spirituality through their courses in theology and catechesis. Archive 2008-06-01
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