Antonyms for speciousness
| 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
- 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
- aberration
- ambiguity
- artifice
- bias
- casuistry
- cavil
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- deviation
- elusion
- equivocation
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- evasion
- falsehood
- faultiness
- flaw
- heresy
- illogicality
- inconsistency
- inexactness
- invalidity
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- misinterpretation
- mistake
- non sequitur
- notion
- paradox
- perversion
- preconception
- prejudice
- quibbling
- quirk
- solecism
- sophism
- sophistry
- spuriousness
- subterfuge
- untruth
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