Associations to the word «Speciousness»

Wiktionary

SPECIOUSNESS, noun. (uncountable) The state or quality of being specious.
SPECIOUSNESS, noun. (countable) (rare) The result or product of being specious.

Dictionary definition

SPECIOUSNESS, noun. An appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats