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noun
The property of being superficial, the tendency to judge by surface appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: shallowness
Antonyms: profundity
Broader terms: depth
Narrower terms: glibness, slickness, sciolism
noun
shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shallowness
History
Etymology tree English superficial Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English superficiality From superficial + -ity.
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
