Speciousnesses [noun]
Definition of Speciousnesses:
fallacy
Synonyms of Speciousnesses:
● Cavil
● Perversion
● Delusion
● Falsehood
● Miscalculation
● Bias
● Casuistry
● Artifice
● Spuriousness
● Deception
● Evasion
● Aberration
● Ambiguity
● Heresy
● Prejudice
● Deviation
● Flaw
● Misapprehension
● Misinterpretation
● Quirk
● Solecism
● Untruth
● Preconception
● Deceit
● Paradox
● Inconsistency
● Equivocation
● Erratum
● Illogicality
● Sophistry
● Subterfuge
● Error
● Sophism
● Erroneousness
● Notion
● Mistake
● Quibbling
● Faultiness
● Deceptiveness
● Inexactness
● Misconstrual
● Invalidity
● Elusion
● Non sequitur
Opposite/Antonyms of Speciousnesses:
● Correction
● Conformity
● Meeting
● Facing
● Directness
● Openness
● Honor
● Truth
● Certainty
● Accuracy
● Sameness
● Uprightness
● Truthfulness
● Honesty
● Frankness
● Fairness
● Reality
Sentence/Example of Speciousnesses:
Hence we see that the very essence of a fallacy is its speciousness.
Amidst all the speciousness of their claims, she had "found" them false.
Yet there is a speciousness about such an excuse, and we will leave it.
Her speciousness and artifices seduced him into a precipitate marriage.
It has just the speciousness that runs away with young people.
In proportion to the speciousness of his qualities was he to be dreaded.
I perceive the speciousness of those fallacies by which they are deluded.
In her speech there was no excitement or speciousness, but a persuasive sweetness and serenity, learnt from duty and temperance.
The calmness of this reasoning appalled Margaret even more by its speciousness than by its falseness.
The ignorant justice-loving man, enamoured of the right, is blinded by the speciousness of wrong.