NOUN | attribute | speciousness, meretriciousness | an appearance of truth that is false / false or deceptive |
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Meaning | An appearance of truth that is false / false or deceptive; seeming plausibility. | |
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Example | "the speciousness of his argument" | |
Synonym | meretriciousness | |
Broader | deceptiveness, obliquity | The quality of being deceptive / deceptive |
Spanish | especiosidad | |
Catalan | especiositat | |
Adjectives | specious | plausible but false |
specious | based on pretense |
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