specious argument

1. 1.

   an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious

   Broaderargument

   Narrowervicious circlestraw manspecial pleading

Questions about specious argument

What does specious argument mean?

specious argument means "an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious".

Is specious argument a common word?

specious argument is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.