Speciosity
noun, plural speciosities.
1.
the quality or state of being specious.
noun (pl) -ties
1.
a thing or person that is deceptively attractive or plausible
2.
the state of being specious
3.
(obsolete) the state of being beautiful
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- Specious
adjective 1. apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments. 2. pleasing to the eye but deceptive. 3. Obsolete. pleasing to the eye; fair. adjective 1. apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false 2. deceptively attractive in appearance adjective plausible but not true; based on pretense; sophistic […]
- Speciously
adjective 1. apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments. 2. pleasing to the eye but deceptive. 3. Obsolete. pleasing to the eye; fair. adjective 1. apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false 2. deceptively attractive in appearance adjective plausible but not true; based on pretense; sophistic […]
- Speciousness
adjective 1. apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments. 2. pleasing to the eye but deceptive. 3. Obsolete. pleasing to the eye; fair. adjective 1. apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false 2. deceptively attractive in appearance adjective plausible but not true; based on pretense; sophistic […]
- Specious-present
noun, Philosophy. 1. a short time span in which change and duration are alleged to be directly experienced.
- Specist
noun 1. discrimination in favor of one species, usually the human species, over another, especially in the exploitation or mistreatment of animals by humans. noun 1. a belief of humans that all other species of animals are inferior and may therefore be used for human benefit without regard to the suffering inflicted