Definitions of meretriciousness
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tasteless showiness
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synonyms:
brashness, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, loudness, tawdriness
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type of:
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tastelessness
inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste
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tastelessness
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an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
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synonyms:
speciousness
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type of:
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deceptiveness, obliquity
the quality of being deceptive
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deceptiveness, obliquity
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