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Noun: meretriciousness  me-ru'tri-shus-nus
  1. An appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
    "the meretriciousness of his argument";
    - speciousness
     
  2. 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