'Superficiality' definitions:
Definition of 'superficiality'
(from WordNet)
noun
Lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling [syn: superficiality, shallowness] [ant: profoundness, profundity]
noun
Shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something; "he ignored the wound because of its superficiality"
Definition of 'Superficiality'
From: GCIDE
- Superficiality \Su`per*fi`ci*al"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. superficialit['e].] The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'superficiality'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a little learning,
- absentmindedness,
- amateurism,
- apparent character,
- appearance,
- appearances,
- aridity,
- barrenness,
- big deal,
- bloodlessness,
- carelessness,
- characterlessness,
- colorlessness,
- cursoriness,
- deadness,
- dilettantism,
- dilettantship,
- dismalness,
- display,
- disregard,
- disregardfulness,
- distraction,
- dragginess,
- dreariness,
- dryness,
- dullness,
- dustiness,
- effeteness,
- emptiness,
- epidermis,
- etiolation,
- exteriority,
- exteriors,
- external appearance,
- externality,
- externalness,
- externals,
- extrinsicality,
- facade,
- flatness,
- flightiness,
- flimsiness,
- flippancy,
- fluffiness,
- foolishness,
- foreignness,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- front,
- frothiness,
- futility,
- gaudiness,
- giddiness,
- glimmering,
- glimpse,
- gloss,
- half-learning,
- heaviness,
- heedlessness,
- hollowness,
- idleness,
- imperfect knowledge,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- inanity,
- inattention,
- inattentiveness,
- inconsideration,
- incuriosity,
- indifference,
- inexcitability,
- inobservance,
- insipidity,
- insipidness,
- jejunity,
- lack of depth,
- leadenness,
- levity,
- lifelessness,
- lightmindedness,
- lightness,
- lowness of spirit,
- manner,
- mere externals,
- mere scratch,
- meretriciousness,
- mien,
- negligence,
- no depth,
- no water,
- nonobservance,
- nugacity,
- obliviousness,
- openness,
- ostent,
- outerness,
- outward appearance,
- outward show,
- outwardness,
- paleness,
- pallor,
- pinprick,
- pointlessness,
- pokiness,
- ponderousness,
- public image,
- regardlessness,
- rind,
- sciolism,
- scratch,
- seeming,
- semi-learning,
- shallow-wittedness,
- shallowness,
- shoaliness,
- show,
- silliness,
- skin,
- slenderness,
- slight knowledge,
- slightness,
- slowness,
- smattering,
- smattering of ignorance,
- smattering of knowledge,
- solemnity,
- speciousness,
- spiritlessness,
- sterility,
- stiffness,
- stodginess,
- stuffiness,
- superficies,
- surface,
- surface appearance,
- surface show,
- surface-scratching,
- tastelessness,
- tediousness,
- thinness,
- thoughtlessness,
- triflingness,
- triteness,
- triviality,
- trivialness,
- unalertness,
- unawareness,
- unconsciousness,
- unheedfulness,
- unintentiveness,
- uninterestingness,
- unliveliness,
- unmindfulness,
- unobservance,
- unprofoundness,
- unprofundity,
- unwariness,
- unwatchfulness,
- vacuity,
- vague notion,
- vain show,
- vanity,
- vapidity,
- vapidness,
- veneer,
- volatility,
- woodenness