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  • Spurious adj. (gen.) faux (fausse f); [document, writings] ; faux (fausse f) ; apocryphe ; [claim] fallacieux ; [interest, affection, desire] simulé, feint

    Archive 2010-06-01 Rene Meertens 2010

  • All you have to do is look at the original uchronia, Louis Geoffroy's Napoléon apocryphe, to see that it's little more than wish-fulfillment fantasy coupled with a clandestine attempt to resurrect the Great Man theory of history.

    DBTL 76: Must Give Us Pause Johnny Pez 2010

  • Spurious adj. (gen.) faux (fausse f); [document, writings] ; faux (fausse f) ; apocryphe ; [claim] fallacieux ; [interest, affection, desire] simulé, feint

    Spurious and specious Rene Meertens 2010

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