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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or quality of being specious; plausible appearance; fair external show: as, the speciousness of an argument.

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  • noun uncountable The state or quality of being specious.
  • noun countable, rare The result or product of being specious.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility

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From specious +‎ -ness

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