spurious





spurious



Adjective


  1. ostensibly valid, but not actually valid; “a spurious argument”
    • Similar to
      • invalid
  2. plausible but false; “a specious claim”; “spurious inferences”
    • Synonyms
      • specious
    • Similar to
      • false
    • Related
      • spuriousness
      • speciousness
      • meretriciousness
  3. born out of wedlock; “the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring”- E.A.Freeman
    • Synonyms
      • bastardly
      • misbegot
      • misbegotten
    • Similar to
      • illegitimate
    • Related
      • bastard
      • by-blow
      • love child
      • illegitimate child
      • illegitimate
      • whoreson
  4. false or fake; not what it appears to be; “a spurious work of art”
    • Synonyms
      • inauthentic
      • unauthentic
    • Similar to
      • counterfeit
      • imitative
    • Related
      • spuriousness


spurious - LookUp


adjective

  1. not being what it purports to be; false or fake
    separating authentic and spurious claims

(of a line of reasoning) apparently but not actually valid
this spurious reasoning results in nonsense


Origin


late 16th century (in the sense born out of wedlock ): from Latin spurius false + -ous


Thesaurus


Adjective

  1. it was possible to arrange retirements on spurious medical grounds

Similar Words: bogus fake not genuine specious false factitious counterfeit fraudulent trumped-up sham mock feigned pretended contrived fabricated manufactured fictitious make-believe invalid fallacious meretricious artificial imitation simulated ersatz phoney pseudo pretend cod adulterine


Opposites: authentic genuine real


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