noun
- An appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility.
- usage: "the speciousness of his argument"
- synonyms: speciousness
- Tasteless showiness.
- synonyms: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, tawdriness, glitz
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