speciousness Englisch Deutsch:
| trügerischer Schein | speciousness |
| Fadenscheinigkeit f trügerischer Schein | speciousness |
| Oberflächlichkeit f Vordergründigkeit f | speciousness |
speciousness Definition:
| speciousness / meretriciousness an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive, seeming plausibility, "the speciousness of his argument" |
speciousness Synonyme:
| speciousness acting affectation apparent character apparent soundness appearance appearances attitudinizing bluff bluffing casuistry cheating circularity color coloring deception deceptiveness delusion disguise disingenuousness display dissemblance dissembling dissimulation distortion equivocalness equivocation evasive reasoning exteriors external appearance externals facade face fakery faking fallaciousness fallacy false air false front false show falsity feigning feint four-flushing fraud front gaudiness gilt gloss humbug humbuggery imposture insincerity jesuitism jesuitry masquerade mere externals meretriciousness misapplication mystification obfuscation obscurantism ostent ostentation outward appearance outward show oversubtlety perversion philosophism plausibility plausibleness playacting pose posing posture pretense pretension pretext public image rationalization representation seeming semblance sham show simulacrum simulation sophism sophistical reasoning sophistication sophistry special pleading speciosity specious reasoning spuriousness subtlety superficiality surface appearance surface show vain show varnish vicious circle vicious reasoning window dressing |