speciousness

• Substantivo que designa a qualidade de algo que aparenta ser verdadeiro ou plausível, mas na verdade é falso ou enganoso.

A noun referring to the quality of having an appearance of truth or plausibility that is actually false or deceptive.

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1. Deceptive plausibilityC2formal

   The quality of appearing to be true, correct, or reasonable, but actually being false or misleading.

   Aparente verossimilhança

   • The speciousness of his argument was exposed by the expert.
   • She saw through the speciousness of the advertisement's claims.
   • The speciousness of the theory became apparent after further investigation.

   Sinônimoscasuistrydeceptivenessfallaciousnessplausibilitysophistry

   Antônimoscogencypersuasivenesssoundnessvalidity