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spuriousness

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spu⋅ri⋅ous

  [spyoor-ee-uhs]
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–adjective
1. not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
2. Biology. (of two or more parts, plants, etc.) having a similar appearance but a different structure.
3. of illegitimate birth; bastard.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L spurius bastard, perh. < Etruscan; see -ous

Related forms:
spu⋅ri⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
spu⋅ri⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. false, sham, bogus, mock, feigned, phony; meretricious, deceitful.

Antonyms:
1. genuine.
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spu·ri·ous   (spyŏŏr'ē-əs)   
adj.  

  1. Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false.

  2. Of illegitimate birth.

  3. Botany Similar in appearance but unlike in structure or function. Used of plant parts.


[From Late Latin spurius, from Latin, illegitimate, probably of Etruscan origin.]
spu'ri·ous·ly adv., spu'ri·ous·ness n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: spu·ri·ous
Pronunciation: 'spyur-E-&s
Function: adjective
: simulating a symptom or condition without being pathologically ormorphologically genuine <spurious labor pains> <spurious polycythemia> spurious bony deposit—Robert Chawner>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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spurious spu·ri·ous (spy&oobreve;r'ē-əs)
adj.
Similar in appearance or symptoms but unrelated in morphology or pathology; false.

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