specious reasoning
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specious 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 … Moby Thesaurus
Specious — Spe cious, a. [L. speciosusgood looking, beautiful, specious, fr. species look, show, appearance; cf. F. sp[ e]coeux. See {Species}.] 1. Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy. [1913 Webster] Some [serpents] specious… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reasoning — n. 1) cogent, logical, plausible, solid, sound reasoning 2) faulty; shrewd; specious reasoning 3) deductive; inductive reasoning 4) reasoning that + clause (her reasoning that the crime had been committed elsewhere proved to be true) * * * [… … Combinatory dictionary
specious — adjective Etymology: Middle English, visually pleasing, from Latin speciosus beautiful, plausible, from species Date: 1513 1. obsolete showy 2. having deceptive attraction or allure 3. having a false look of truth or genuineness ; sophistic … New Collegiate Dictionary
specious — adjective specious reasoning Syn: misleading, deceptive, false, fallacious, unsound, spurious, casuistic, sophistic … Thesaurus of popular words
reasoning — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ careful, sound ▪ circular, faulty, flawed, specious (formal) ▪ underlying ▪ … Collocations dictionary
specious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. plausible, ostensible, apparent, casuistic, insincere; deceptive. See falsehood, imagination.Ant., logical, sincere. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. plausible, credible, colorable, beguiling, deceptive … English dictionary for students
specious — adj. Specious is used with these nouns: ↑argument, ↑reasoning … Collocations dictionary
inductive reasoning — Synonyms and related words: Baconian method, a fortiori reasoning, a posteriori reasoning, a priori reasoning, analysis, deduction, deductive reasoning, demonstration, discourse, discourse of reason, discursive reason, epagoge, generalization,… … Moby Thesaurus
Speciousness — Specious Spe cious, a. [L. speciosusgood looking, beautiful, specious, fr. species look, show, appearance; cf. F. sp[ e]coeux. See {Species}.] 1. Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy. [1913 Webster] Some [serpents]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
