Meaning and example
ostensibly valid, but not actually valid
A spurious argument
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 0.789 places spurious in the uncommon range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 78.8% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 78.8%
characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions
- Known by
- 78.7%
plausible but false
- Known by
- 78.9%
disinclined to work or exertion
- Known by
- 78.9%
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- Known by
- 78.2%
having low density
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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