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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Word of the Day

30 September 2024

IMPULSIVE

(adjective) without forethought; “letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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