Spuriosity

Quick meaning: Spuriosity is a noun meaning (rare) Spuriousness.

Meaning

(rare) Spuriousness.

More Meanings

1. (rare) That which is spurious; something false or illegitimate.

Example Sentences

The supposition that authors have a preternatural ability to detect spuriosity in writing is as false as the comparable belief that their literary practices make them unerring as literary critics.

Nipper […] had abruptly decided that there was dirty work afoot and this spuriosity the villain. Uttering foolishly futile yaps of challenge—his sure undoing—Nipper heroically launched himself against the foe […]

Ye are next to aſſure all Perſons, vvho are ſo kind as to give you Audience, that to prevent the leaſt Suſpicion of Spurioſity, they may ſee every Letter I have ever printed of Mr. Pope’s in his Ovvn Hand-VVriting, […]

So she made Sir John write to the "Times" to command the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being to put a tax on long words:— […] A heavy tax on words over four syllables, as heterodoxy, spontaneity, spiritualism, spuriosity, &c.

Word Forms

• spuriosities

Synonyms for spuriosity

Depending on context, synonyms include falsity, inauthenticity.

Antonyms for spuriosity

Common opposites include authenticity, genuineness, truthfulness, veracity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spuriousness, speciosity, speciousness, sparriness, mercuriousness, curiousity.

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