speciousness
- n an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
the speciousness of his argument
- The plot's intrigues are given a sombre speciousness by current events and nimble writing.
- The speciousness in the argument of our Senatorial and other America Firsters (e.
- In one story, Glass told readers he had made up a town--"Werty, Iowa"--to test the speciousness of a policy group.