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Definition of Superficiality

1. Noun. Lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling.

2. Noun. Shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something. "He ignored the wound because of its superficiality"

Definition of Superficiality

1. n. The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial.

Definition of Superficiality

1. Noun. The property of being superficial, the tendency to judge by surface appearance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Superficiality

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Superficiality

superfetating superfetations superfete superficial superficial epigastric vein superficial middle cerebral vein superficial temporal vein superficialise superficialised superficialises

superficialising superficialist superficialists superficialities superficiality (current term) superficialize superficialized superficializes superficializing superficially

superficialness superficials superficiaries superficiary superficies superfield superfields superfilter superfine

Literary usage of Superficiality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writing of English: By P. J. Hartog ... with the Assistance of Mrs. Amy by Philip Joseph Hartog, Amy H. Langdon (1907)
"If clearness of style is a result of French training, is superficiality, we may ask, ... Do we in England, avoiding clearness, also escape superficiality ? ..."

2. History of English Literature by Hippolyte Taine (1900)
"superficiality of English Comedy The English comedy-writers paint these vices, and possess them. Their talent and their stage are tainted by them. ..."

3. The Slave Power: Its Character, Career, & Probable Designs: Being an Attempt by John Elliott Cairnes (1862)
"... ITS superficiality. When a Federalist general, transcending his legitimate powers, issues a proclamation declaring that slaves shall be free, ..."

4. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"... superficiality and formality, however many superstitions and magical customs may have been connected with the divine worship, it was yet not lacking in ..."

5. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"... of ' superficiality.' VII. The styles of Scott. Adolphus quoted again. Varieties of manner. Talk of his monarchs. Real and unreal stylo, exemplified. ..."

6. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... prolixity from the want of imagination; on the other hand, the former may be coupled with great superficiality, and the latter with great solidity. ..."

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