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Definition of "speciousness" []

  • The state or quality of being specious. (noun)
  • The result or product of being specious. (noun)

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Use "speciousness" in a sentence
  • "The passage, as it proceeds, is not without an air of speciousness, which is yet, as it appears to us, only derived from a perversion of the assumption against which it is directed."
  • "Obama made a “weather here/weather there” comparison to specifically note the speciousness, and then went on to address the issue of trends of which certain types of weather patters are an exemplar."
  • "The utter speciousness of your comparison in the above is embarrassing."