MERETRICIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meretriciousness mean? 

• MERETRICIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun MERETRICIOUSNESS has 2 senses:

1. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility

2. tasteless showiness

  Familiarity information: MERETRICIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MERETRICIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

meretriciousness; speciousness

Context example:

the speciousness of his argument

Hypernyms ("meretriciousness" is a kind of...):

deceptiveness; obliquity (the quality of being deceptive)

Derivation:

meretricious (based on pretense; deceptively pleasing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tasteless showiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

brashness; flashiness; garishness; gaudiness; glitz; loudness; meretriciousness; tawdriness

Hypernyms ("meretriciousness" is a kind of...):

tastelessness (inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste)

Derivation:

meretricious (tastelessly showy)