superficiality
pronunciation
How to pronounce superficiality in British English:
UK [ˌsju:pəˌfɪʃɪ'ælətɪ]
How to pronounce superficiality in American English:
US [ˌsjupəˌfɪʃɪ'ælətɪ]
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- Noun:
- lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
- shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something
Word Origin
- superficiality (n.)
- 1520s, from superficial + -ity.
Example
- 1. The same superficiality is found in nearly all kinds of business .
- 2. Moreover a high media profile is seen in academia as evidence of superficiality .
- 3. They have become alarmed at the rapid decline in the number of marriages in recent years , blaming the trend on western superficiality .
- 4. I will take that any day over the superficiality that I often see in circles of success .
- 5. His writing is never dull , but nor is it superficial , in a field where both dullness and superficiality are common .