superficiality meaning

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superficiality (noun): lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling.

superficiality has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

superficiality as a noun

  1. lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling

    Synonyms: shallowness

    Opposite: profundity

    Type of: depth

    Kinds: glibness, sciolism

    Related forms: superficial

  2. shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something
    • he ignored the wound because of its superficiality

    Type of: shallowness

    Related forms: superficial

Scrabble score: 24 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SU · words ending in TY · 14-letter words

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