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superficiality
su·per·fi·cial S0896600 (so͞o′pər-fĭsh′əl)adj.1. Of, affecting, or being on or near the surface: a superficial wound.2. Concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; shallow: wrote him off as superficial.3. Apparent rather than actual or substantial: a superficial resemblance between the two films.4. Not extensive or important; minor or insignificant: made only a few superficial changes in the manuscript.
[Middle English, from Old French superficiel, from Latin superficiālis, from superficiēs, surface; see superficies.]
su′per·fi′ci·al′i·ty (-fĭsh′ē-ăl′ĭ-tē), su′per·fi′cial·ness (-fĭsh′əl-nĭs) n.su′per·fi′cial·ly adv.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | superficiality - lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feelingshallownessdepth - degree of psychological or intellectual profundityglibness, slickness - a kind of fluent easy superficiality; "the glibness of a high-pressure salesman"sciolism - pretentious superficiality of knowledgeprofundity, profoundness - intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc; "the depth of my feeling"; "the profoundness of the silence" | | 2. | superficiality - shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something; "he ignored the wound because of its superficiality"shallowness - the quality of lacking physical depth; "take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive" |
superficialitynoun shallowness, lack of depth, lack of substance, emptiness, triviality the superficiality of the judgements we make when we first meet peopleTranslationssuperficial (suːpəˈfiʃəl) adjective1. on, or affecting, the surface only. The wound is only superficial. 表面的 表面的2. not thorough. He has only a superficial knowledge of the subject. 膚淺的 肤浅的ˈsuperˌficiˈality (-ʃiˈӕ-) noun 表面性，膚淺 表面性，肤浅 ˌsuperˈficially adverb 膚淺地 肤浅地EncyclopediaSeesuperficialsuperficiality
Related to superficiality: expediteSynonyms for superficialitynoun shallownessSynonyms- shallowness
- lack of depth
- lack of substance
- emptiness
- triviality
Synonyms for superficialitynoun lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feelingSynonymsRelated Words- depth
- glibness
- slickness
- sciolism
Antonymsnoun shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of somethingRelated Words |