specious

Signification (Anglais)

1. Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
2. Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful.
3. Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
4. (obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.

Concepts

spécieux

illusoire

trompeur

apocryphe

vraisamblable

spécieuse

plausible

Synonymes

spurious

plausible

meretricious

gilded

illusive

delusive

elusive

elusory

facile

fair

fallacious

fraudulent

hollow

illusory

likely

ostensible

paradoxical

seeming

showy

sophistic

treacherous

tricky

colourable

apparent

fair-faced

catchy

colorable

deceitful

deceptive

Traductions

especioso

aldatıcı

sahte

schoonschijnend

leer

απατηλός

trügerisch

fadenscheinig

unfundiert

vordergründig

specioso

plausibel

αληθοφανής

ευλογοφανής

εύλογος

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈspiːʃəs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English speciose, specious, from Anglo-Norman specious, Middle French specieux, and their etymon Latin speciōsus (“good-looking”).