noun
an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
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the speciousness of his argument
• Syn: ↑meretriciousness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑meretricious (for: ↑meretriciousness), ↑specious
• Hypernyms: ↑deceptiveness, ↑obliquity
Useful english dictionary. 2012.