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Definition of Specious argument
1. Noun. An argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious.
Specialized synonyms: Vicious Circle, Straw Man, Strawman, Special Pleading
Lexicographical Neighbors of Specious Argument
Literary usage of Specious argument
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"The right of female succession, though it might derive a specious argument from
the recent examples of Placidia and ..."
2. Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1858)
"It was continued on this specious argument—and remained in full until General
Jackson's administration—and, in part, until this day (1850)—the fishing ..."
3. A Study of English and American Poets: A Laboratory Method by John Scott Clark (1900)
"specious argument in Verse.—" Dryden had a faculty of specious argument in verse
which, if it falls short of the great Roman's [Lucretius] in logical ..."
4. A Study of English and American Poets: A Laboratory Method by John Scott Clark (1900)
"specious argument in Verse.—" Dryden had a faculty of specious argument in verse
which, if it falls short of the great Roman's [Lucretius] in logical ..."
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