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Specious argument

noun

An argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious.

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... coincide. He must act at once, or his victim might get beyond his power. He therefore put pressure upon Mrs. Lyons to write this letter, imploring the old man to give her an interview on the evening before his departure for London. He then, by a specious argument, prevented her from going, and so had the chance for ...

— The Hound of the Baskervilles • A. Conan Doyle

Words linked to "Specious argument" : statement, vicious circle, straw man, argument, special pleading, strawman