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Definition of Speciousness in English :

Speciousness

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Noun

1. meretriciousness, speciousness

an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility

Example Sentences:
'the speciousness of his argument'

meretriciousness

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Speciousness

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adjective

1.

apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false

2.

deceptively attractive in appearance

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Speciousness

see synonyms of speciousness

adjective

1.

seeming to be good, sound, correct, logical, etc. without really being so; plausible but not genuine

specious logic

2. Obsolete

pleasing to the sight

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Speciousness

see synonyms of speciousness

adj.

1. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument.

2. Deceptively appealing: "It is easy enough to give the old idea [of programmatic music] a specious air of modernity" (Aaron Copland).

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