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noun
The state or quality of being specious; speciousness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A specious action, promise, ideology, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, rare
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noun
The state or quality of being speciose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
From Middle English speciouste (“attractiveness”), from Latin speciōsitās (“beauty”), from speciēs (“appearance”). By surface analysis, speci(ous) + -osity.
From speciose + -ity; see -osity.
