Noun: meretriciousness me-ru'tri-shus-nus
- An appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
"the meretriciousness of his argument";
- speciousness
- Tasteless showiness
"The meretriciousness of his gold jewellery seemed out of place in the conservative office";
- flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, tawdriness, glitz [informal]
Type of: deceptiveness, obliquity, tastelessness