spurious adj

1 plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert [syn: specious]

2 born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman [syn: bastard, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten]

3 intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art" [syn: inauthentic, unauthentic]

English

Etymology

From spurius < spurcus

Pronunciation

• a RP /ˈspjʊə.ri.əs/
• a US /ˈspjʊr.i.əs/
• Rhymes with: -ʊəriəs

Adjective

1. false, not authentic, not genuine
2. bastardly, illegitimate

Synonyms

• sense false counterfeit, fake, false

Antonyms

• sense false genuine, representative

Derived terms

• spuriously
• spuriousness

Translations

Spurious can refer to:

Statistics

• Spurious correlation or Spurious relationship

Radio engineering

• Spurious emission

Cryptography

• Spurious key

Literature

• Spurious quotation

Computing

• Spurious interrupt

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