1.
[syn: superficiality, shallowness]
2. shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something;
- Example: "he ignored the wound because of its superficiality"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
superficiality
n 1: lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling [syn:
superficiality, shallowness] [ant: profoundness,
profundity]
2: shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of
something; "he ignored the wound because of its
superficiality"