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Definition of "spuriousness" []

  • The property of being spurious. (noun)

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Use "spuriousness" in a sentence
  • "The first person to detect his spuriousness was a little child playing in the arched gateway of one of the walled buildings."
  • "I have heard a clever critic and antiquarian declare that he is not very fond of Philae; that he feels a certain "spuriousness" in the temple due to the mingling of Greek with Egyptian influences."
  • "Yet at the end of the day, the loss suffered by Russia and China as a result of the Arab Spring will not be limited to people's resentment of their stances, which reveal the spuriousness of the claim that the major figures of communism, past and present, have placed peoples first on their list of priorities."