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31specious — spe·cious …
32specious — spe•cious [[t]ˈspi ʃəs[/t]] adj. 1) apparently true or right though lacking real merit; not genuine 2) deceptively attractive 3) Obs. pleasing to the eye • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L speciōsus fair, good looking < speci(ēs) (see species)… …
33specious — a. plausible; superficial. ♦ speciosity, n …
34specious present — Philos. a short time span in which change and duration are alleged to be directly experienced. * * * …
35specious present — Term due to E. R. Clay and promoted by James, to describe the view that although the present is itself ‘punctiform’ or a mere point between past and future, nevertheless in experience some earlier events are still present to us when we perceive… …
36specious reasoning — Synonyms and related words: apparent soundness, casuistry, circularity, deduction, deductive reasoning, demonstration, discourse, discourse of reason, discursive reason, disingenuousness, distortion, equivocalness, equivocation, evasive reasoning …
37specious argument — noun an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious • Hypernyms: ↑argument, ↑statement • Hyponyms: ↑vicious circle, ↑straw man, ↑strawman, ↑special pleading …
38specious present — noun : the time span of immediate consciousness : interval within which what is earlier may be distinguished from what is later though both are directly present to consciousness * * * Philos. a short time span in which change and duration are… …
39prepare something specious — index fake Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
40raise specious objection to — index cavil Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
