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specious

/ specious /
adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

adjective satellite Sense 1
plausible but false
"a specious claim"
Similar:
false
adjective satellite Sense 2
plausible but false
"specious reasoning"
"the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert"
Similar:
invalid
adjective satellite Sense 3
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
"meretricious praise"
"a meretricious argument"
Similar:
insincere
Semantic Complexity
35%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
3
Total Relationships
3
Times Searched
2
Relationship Distribution

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false invalid insincere