English-Italian translations for specious

• specioso
  Questo ragionamento può sembrare plausibile a livello superficiale, ma io lo considero specioso. This reasoning may be superficially plausible but I find it specious.
  Quest'argomento è in apparenza ragionevole, ma a un'analisi più attenta si rivela specioso, e in nessun campo questo è dimostrato più chiaramente che nella politica in materia di aviazione. That argument is superficially plausible, but on closer inspection turns out to be specious, and nowhere is this more neatly demonstrated than in aviation policy.

Definition of specious

• Seemingly reasoned|well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious
• Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful
• Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive
• Beautiful, pleasing to look at

Examples

• This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious, however good it may sound

Related words

• speciousness
• speciose
• speciology