Grep of noun spurious
spurious correlation
spurious wing
spuriousness
Overview of adj spurious
The adj spurious has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. specious, spurious -- (plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert)
2. bastard, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious -- (born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman)
3. inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious -- (intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art")
Antonyms of adj spurious
3 senses of spurious
Sense 1
specious, spurious
INDIRECT (VIA invalid) -> valid
Sense 2
bastard, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious
INDIRECT (VIA illegitimate) -> legitimate
Sense 3
inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious
INDIRECT (VIA counterfeit) -> genuine, echt
Similarity of adj spurious
3 senses of spurious
Sense 1
specious, spurious
=> invalid (vs. valid)
Sense 2
bastard, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious
=> illegitimate (vs. legitimate)
Sense 3
inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious
=> counterfeit (vs. genuine), imitative
Attributes of adj spurious
Familiarity of adj spurious
spurious used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3)
Grep of adj spurious
spurious
Overview of adj spurious
The adj spurious has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. specious, spurious -- (plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert)
2. bastard, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious -- (born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman)
3. inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious -- (intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art")
spurious definition
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