Superficiality
[,sʊpɚ,fɪʃɪ'æləti]
Definition
(noun.) lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling.
(noun.) shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something; 'he ignored the wound because of its superficiality'.
Checker: Wendy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial.
Typist: Lycurgus
Examples
- They all present the same history of a rapid spreading, like a little water poured over a great area, and then of superficiality and corruption. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This, however, was mere superficiality. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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