In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SUPERFICIALITY
superficiality, shallowness
(noun) lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
superficiality
(noun) shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something; “he ignored the wound because of its superficiality”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
superficiality (countable and uncountable, plural superficialities)
The property of being superficial, the tendency to judge by surface appearance.
Source: Wiktionary
Su`per*fi`ci*al"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. superficialité.]
Definition: The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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