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   spe·cious

   /ˈspēSHəs/

   adjective

   • 1. superficially plausible, but actually wrong: "a specious argument"
   • ▪ misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive: "the music trade gives Golden Oldies a specious appearance of novelty"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘beautiful’): from Latin speciosus ‘fair’, from species (see species).

   Derivatives

   • 1. speciosity noun
   • 2. speciously adverb
   • 3. speciousness noun

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   The meaning of SPECIOUS is having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic. How to use specious in a sentence. Did you know?

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   seeming to be right or true, but really wrong or false: a specious distinction. His whole argument is specious. (Definition of specious from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of specious. specious. It confers on the various perspectives on empathy only a specious nominal unity.

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   SPECIOUS meaning: 1. seeming to be right or true, but really wrong or false: 2. seeming to be right or true, but…. Learn more.

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   Use specious to describe an argument that seems to be good, correct, or logical, but is not so. We live on the earth, therefore the earth must be the center of the universe. This has been proven to be a specious theory of the solar system.

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   Specious definition: apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible. See examples of SPECIOUS used in a sentence.

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   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.

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   Definition of specious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Define specious. specious synonyms, specious pronunciation, specious translation, English dictionary definition of specious. plausible but false; based on pretense; deceptively pleasing: His incorrect conclusion arose from specious reasoning.

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    Jun 12, 2024 · specious ( comparative more specious, superlative most specious) Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious . Synonym: fallacious. This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious, however good it may sound.

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    specious meaning, definition, what is specious: seeming to be true or correct, but actua...: Learn more.