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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling;
[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"