meretriciousness

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