Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun meretriciousness
2 senses of meretriciousness
Sense 1
speciousness, meretriciousness -- (an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument")
=> deceptiveness, obliquity -- (the quality of being deceptive)
Sense 2
flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz -- (tasteless showiness)
=> tastelessness -- (inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste)