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meretriciousness

meretriciousness \mer`e*tri"cious*ness\ n.

  1. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility.

    Syn: speciousness.

  2. tasteless showiness.

    Syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, tawdriness, glitz.

Wiktionary
meretriciousness

n. The property of being meretricious.

WordNet
meretriciousness
  1. n. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument" [syn: speciousness]

  2. tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, tawdriness, glitz]

Usage examples of "meretriciousness".

He was used to hearing cock-and-bull stories but this parrot-and-bastard one didn't even get off the slippery starting-blocks of meretriciousness.