SPECIOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Example:

the speciousness of his argument

Synonyms:

meretriciousness; speciousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("speciousness" is a kind of...):

deceptiveness; obliquity (the quality of being deceptive)

Derivation:

specious (based on pretense; deceptively pleasing)

specious (plausible but false)