speciousness

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The state or quality of being specious
The result or product of being specious
The quality of being specious
an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument
{i} quality of being specious, state of having the appearance of truth while in actuality being false; state of being deceptively appealing
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Beautiful, pleasing to look at
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Seemingly well-reasoned or factual, but actually fallacious or insincere; strongly held but false

This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious, however good it may sound.

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{a} showy, plausible, striking, pleasing
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Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument
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Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy
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plausible but false; "a specious claim" plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert
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Something that is specious seems to exist or be true, but is not real or true. It is unlikely that the Duke was convinced by such specious arguments. seeming to be true or correct, but actually false (speciosus , from species; SPECIES)
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Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive
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plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert
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Seemingly well-reasoned or factual, but actually fallacious or insincere
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{s} having the appearance of truth while in actuality being false; deceptively appealing, superficially attractive
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based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
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plausible but false; "a specious claim"
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