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spécieux

Level C1

Meaning

specious, plausible but false

Example

L'argument est spécieux: il confond corrélation et causalité.

The argument is specious: it confuses correlation with causation.

Word forms

Forms
singular masculine
singular feminine
plural masculine
plural feminine
spécieux
spécieuse
spécieux
spécieuses

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