speciousness

noun

Definition of speciousnessnext
as in spuriousness

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  1. fallacy
  2. deception
  3. falsehood
  4. delusion
Noun
  • The sunk cost fallacy is the silent killer of rational decision-making.
    Mark Kane, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • In writing courses, for example, students learn how to spot fallacies, and elementary proofs are covered in trigonometry.
    Vinay K. Chaudhri, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
Definition of fallacy
Noun
  • But because pressured waterfowl aren’t easy to fool, hunters have been trying to perfect the art of decoy deception to swing the odds in their favor.
    Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • On Thursday, Prime Video debuted the first trailer for its series adaptation of the 1999 teen movie, all eight episodes premiering Nov. 21 on the streamer, bringing a familiar tale of deception to a new locale with all new characters.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of deception
Noun
  • Domestic terrorism — the use of violence for political ends — has risen dramatically in recent years and is driven largely by partisan falsehoods and lies, a new study says.
    Tribune News Service, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The president also loved anecdotes, continuing to repeat them even when confronted by evidence of their falsehood.
    Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of falsehood
Noun
  • Michelle Nijhuis Life in the Ruins Two new books consider the delusion of the human quest to be free from the constraints of nature.
    The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Is this supernatural, paranormal, evil — or some kind of mass delusion?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of delusion
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