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  • 81Epistle to the Galatians —     Epistle to the Galatians     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle to the Galatians     GALATIA     In the course of centuries, gallic tribes, related to those that invaded Italy and sacked Rome, wandered east through Illyricum and Pannonia. At… …

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  • 82non sequitur — I noun anacoluthon, bad logic, circular reasoning, contradiction of terms, disconnectedness, discontinuity, fallacious argument, fallacious reasoning, fallacy, false reasoning, flaw in the argument, illogical conclusion, illogical deduction,… …

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  • 83speciousness — noun a) The state or quality of being specious. b) The result or product of being specious …

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  • 84speciosity — noun a) The state or quality of being specious. Till deep misery, if nothing softer will, have driven you out of your Speciosites into your Sincerities; and you find there either is a Godlike in the world, or else ye are an unintelligible… …

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  • 85Darwin among the Machines — appeared as the heading of an article published in The Press newspaper on 13 June 1863 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Written by Samuel Butler but signed Cellarius, the article raised the possibility that machines were a kind of mechanical life… …

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  • 86colorable — col·or·able adj: having an appearance of truth, validity, or right if a colorable claim or better can be pleaded D. F. Kolb and M. P. Carroll col·or·ably adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 87false — adj 1: not genuine, authentic, or legitimate compare counterfeit 2 a: not true or correct; esp: intentionally or knowingly untrue or incorrect injured by false accusations b: intended to mislead or deceive: decept …

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  • 88ostensible — I adjective able to be seen, apparent, appearing, assumable, assumed, avowed, believable, claimed, clear, colorable, conjecturable, credible, deceiving, deceptive, declared, deluding, delusional, delusive, delusory, discernible, evident, explicit …

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  • 89appearing — index apparent (presumptive), colorable (specious), evident, ostensible, perceivable, specious …

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  • 90deceiving — index colorable (specious), deceptive, delusive, dishonest, disingenuous, evasive, fallacious, false …

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