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spurious (of a plant part or organ) having the appearance of another part but differing from it in origin, development, or function; false How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| By marrying the cheap effects and materials of their predecessors to state-of-the-art technology, Larson's latter-day spirit images generate an intentionally unresolved friction between the now widely acknowledged spuriousness of photographic objectivity and the medium's still compelling "reality effect. For Husain, if the first shattered expectations of a just society, the second proved the spuriousness of religious homogeneity, and both served to erode the idea of Pakistan as a nation. The spuriousness of Jones's case was long noted by commentators familiar with sexual harassment law and not necessarily sympathetic to Clinton. |
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