
[From Late Latin spurius, from Latin, illegitimate, probably of Etruscan origin.]
spuriously spu'ri·ous·ly adv.
Fiery activist Jesse Jackson hit our top alt-clicks list when he blasted Mexican President Vicente Fox for drawing a "spurious comparison" between Mexican immigrants and African-Americans. Fox had said: "There's no doubt that the Mexican men and women -- full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work -- are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States."
Posted May 16, 2005.
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adjective
Definition: counterfeit, fake
Antonyms: authentic, genuine, real, true
Many people want to believe the spurious claim that you can get rich quickly without hard work.
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - falsk, forfalsket, uægte
Nederlands (Dutch)
onecht, vals
Français (French)
adj. - fallacieux, inventé, faux, feint, superficiel
Deutsch (German)
adj. - unaufrichtig, falsch
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ψεύτικος, παραπλανητικός, κίβδηλος, κάλπικος, πλανεμένος
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - espúrio
Русский (Russian)
поддельный, ложный, внебрачный, незаконнорожденный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - falso, apócrifo, espúreo
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - falsk, förfalskad, oäkta, hycklad
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
伪造的, 欺骗的, 假造的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 偽造的, 欺騙的, 假造的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 가짜의, 사생아의, 서출의
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 私生児の, …にせの
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) زائفه, كاذبه
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מזוייף, מלאכותי
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