Plausible but false

• Apparently right, but not really so
• Deceptively convincing
• False
• Superficially misleading issue cop sorted out
• Convincing at first, but flawed
• Plausible but wrong

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adj. plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert [syn: spurious ] plausible but false; "a specious claim" based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but ...

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adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ specious logic EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All that is needed is a positive approach and an end to the specious fear of isolation. ▪ Even so, the size-and-weight-of-head argument is a rather specious one. ▪ In the history ...

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