Meaning & use
superficiality
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the quality or state of being shallow, concerned only with what is on the surface rather than what is deep or substantial
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Critics accused the film of superficiality, focusing on special effects instead of story.
Beneath the superficiality of small talk, the two of them shared a real friendship.
A note on using this word
Formed from 'superficial' plus '-ity,' ultimately from Latin 'superficies' (surface).
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shallownesstriviality
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