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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesspurio
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈspurjo
"Il documento si è rivelato completamente spurio."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Not being what it purports to be; false or fake, especially regarding origins, intentions, or claims.
"He was arrested on charges of fraud after trying to sell spurious artwork to galleries." - 2
Based on false reasoning or incorrect logic, leading to an invalid conclusion.
"The scientist quickly dismissed the correlation as a spurious result caused by faulty data collection."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin word 'spurius', meaning illegitimate or false, which originally referred to a child born out of wedlock. Over time, the term shifted from denoting illegitimate parentage to broadly describing anything not being what it purports to be, or lacking a valid authentic source.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Spurious" is said worldwide
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spurieux
Transliteration: spyʁjø
"Cette théorie repose sur des prémisses spurieuses."
spurious
Transliteration: ˈspuːʁiʊs
Script: spurios
"Die Analyse führte zu einem spuriosen Ergebnis."
spurio
Transliteration: ˈspurjo
"Il documento si è rivelato completamente spurio."
espurio
Transliteration: esˈpuɾjo
"El investigador descubrió un argumento espurio en el informe."
espúrio
Transliteration: isˈpuɾju
"A polícia confiscou notas falsas e documentos espúrios."
नकली
Transliteration: nakli
"बाजार में बहुत से नकली उत्पाद बिक रहे हैं।"
虚假的
Transliteration: xūjiǎ de
"这份报告包含许多虚假的声明。"
가짜의
Transliteration: gatjaui
"그들은 가짜의 증거를 제시했다."
偽の
Transliteration: nise no
"その主張には偽の根拠が含まれている。"
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