Specious vs Genre - What's the difference?
specious | genre |
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
*1776 , Thomas Paine,
*:I have frequently amused myself both in public and private companies, with silently remarking, the specious errors of those who speak without reflecting.
Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
(obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
As an adjective specious
is seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.As a noun genre is
a kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.specious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious , however good it may sound.
Synonyms
* fallacious, insincere * (with appearance intended to generate a favorable response) meretriciousDerived terms
* speciosity * speciously * speciousnessAnagrams
*genre
English
Noun
(en noun)- The still-life has been a popular genre in painting since the 17th century.
- The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre .