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spuriousness
spu·ri·ous S0677500 (spyo͝or′ē-əs)adj.1. Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine: spurious poems attributed to Shakespeare.2. Not trustworthy; dubious or fallacious: spurious reasoning; a spurious justification.3. Archaic Born to unwed parents.
[From Late Latin spurius, from Latin, illegitimate, probably of Etruscan origin.]
spu′ri·ous·ly adv.spu′ri·ous·ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | spuriousness - state of lacking genuinenessfalseness, falsity - the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity"genuineness - the state of being genuine |
spuriousnessnounPlausible but invalid reasoning:casuistry, fallacy, sophism, sophistry, speciousness.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeespuriousspuriousness
Synonyms for spuriousnessnoun plausible but invalid reasoningSynonyms- casuistry
- fallacy
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
Antonyms for spuriousnessnoun state of lacking genuinenessRelated WordsAntonyms |