Speciousness
Synonyms for "speciousness" (105 found)
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posingposturepretensepretensionpretextpublic imagerationalizationrepresentationseemingsemblanceshamshowsimulacrumsimulationsophismsophistical reasoningsophisticationsophistryspecial pleadingspeciosityspecious reasoningspuriousnesssubtletysuperficialitysurface appearancesurface showvain showvarnishvicious circlevicious reasoningwindow dressing
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9 translations across 3 languages.
French
1 entries- spéciosité noun (state or quality of being specious)
German
4 entries- Fadenscheinigkeit noun (state or quality of being specious)
- Hohlheit noun (state or quality of being specious)
- Unfundiertheit noun (state or quality of being specious)
- Vordergründigkeit noun (state or quality of being specious)
Polish
4 entries- bałamutność noun (state or quality of being specious)
- pokrętność noun (state or quality of being specious)
- zwodniczość noun (state or quality of being specious)
- zwód noun (result or product of being specious)
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