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Grammar : Noun
Spell : spee-shuhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspi ʃəs



Definition of speciousness

Origin :
  • c.1400, "pleasing to the sight, fair," from Latin speciosus "good-looking, beautiful," from species "appearance" (see species). Meaning "seemingly desirable, reasonable or probable, but not really so" is first recorded 1610s.
  • noun fallacy
Example sentences :
  • Hence we see that the very essence of a fallacy is its speciousness.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • Amidst all the speciousness of their claims, she had "found" them false.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Revelation » by William Milligan
  • Yet there is a speciousness about such an excuse, and we will leave it.
  • Extract from : « The Vintage » by Edward Frederic Benson
  • Her speciousness and artifices seduced him into a precipitate marriage.
  • Extract from : « Ormond, Volume III (of 3) » by Charles Brockden Brown
  • It has just the speciousness that runs away with young people.
  • Extract from : « More Bywords » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • I perceive the speciousness of those fallacies by which they are deluded.
  • Extract from : « Jane Talbot » by Charles Brockden Brown
  • In proportion to the speciousness of his qualities was he to be dreaded.
  • Extract from : « Jane Talbot » by Charles Brockden Brown
  • In her speech there was no excitement or speciousness, but a persuasive sweetness and serenity, learnt from duty and temperance.
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on Art and Autobiographical Memoirs of Giovanni Dupr » by Giovanni Dupr
  • The calmness of this reasoning appalled Margaret even more by its speciousness than by its falseness.
  • Extract from : « The Talk of the Town, Volume 2 (of 2) » by James Payn
  • The ignorant justice-loving man, enamoured of the right, is blinded by the speciousness of wrong.
  • Extract from : « The Scientific Basis of National Progress » by George Gore

Synonyms for speciousness

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