HyperDic: speciousness

English > 1 sense of the word speciousness:
NOUNattributespeciousness, meretriciousnessan appearance of truth that is false / false or deceptive
English > speciousness: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
MeaningAn appearance of truth that is false / false or deceptive; seeming plausibility.
Example"the speciousness of his argument"
Synonymmeretriciousness
Broaderdeceptiveness, obliquityThe quality of being deceptive / deceptive
Spanishespeciosidad
Catalanespeciositat
Adjectivesspeciousplausible but false
speciousbased on pretense

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