superficiality

su·per·fi·cial

 (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.

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[Middle English, from Old French superficiel, from Latin superficiālis, from superficiēs, surface; see superficies.]

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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.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	superficiality - lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling shallowness depth - degree of psychological or intellectual profundity glibness, slickness - a kind of fluent easy superficiality; "the glibness of a high-pressure salesman" sciolism - pretentious superficiality of knowledge profundity, 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"

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superficiality

noun shallowness, lack of depth, lack of substance, emptiness, triviality the superficiality of the judgements we make when we first meet people

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Translations

سَطْحِيَّه

povrchnost

overfladiskhed

Oberflächlichkeit

superficialité

felszínesség

yfirborîsháttur

yüzeysellik

肤浅表面性

superficiality

[ˌsuːpəˌfɪʃɪˈælɪtɪ] N → superficialidad f

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superficiality

[ˌsuːpə^rfɪʃiˈæləti] n

(= shallowness) [person, place] → superficialité f

(= lack of depth) [analysis, judgement, book] → superficialité f

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superficiality

n (of person, behaviour, injury, treatment, knowledge) → Oberflächlichkeit f; (of characteristics, resemblance) → Äußerlichkeit f

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superficiality

[ˌsuːpəfɪʃɪˈælɪtɪ] n → superficialità

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superficial

(suːpəˈfiʃəl) adjective

1. on, or affecting, the surface only. The wound is only superficial. oppervlakkig سَطْحي، على السَّطْح повърхностен superficial povrchový oberflächlich overfladisk επιφανειακόςsuperficial pinnapealne كم عمق pinnallinen superficielשטחי पृष्‍ठीय, पृष्ठ površinski, plitak felületi mengenai permukaan yfirborðs- superficiale 表面の 겉면의, 표면의 paviršinis virspusējs ringan oppervlakkigoverflate-powierzchowny سطحی superficial superficial поверхностный povrchový površinski površan ytlig ผิวเผิน yüzeysel 表面的 поверховий, неглибокий سطحی یا اوپری bề ngoài 表面的

2. not thorough. He has only a superficial knowledge of the subject. oppervlakkig سَطْحي، غَيْر عَميق бегъл superficial povrchní oberflächlich overfladisk επιφανειακός, μη λεπτομερής superficial pealiskaudne سطحي pinnallinen superficielשטחי उथला, छिछोरा, ओछा površan felületes sepintas yfirborðs- superficiale 浅い 피상적인 paviršutiniškas virspusējs; paviršs sedikit oppervlakkigoverflatiskpobieżny سطحی superficial superficial поверхностный povrchný površen površan ytlig พื้น ๆ yarım yamalak 膚淺的 поверховий, неглибокий بہت معمولی nông cạn, hời hợt 肤浅的

ˈsuperˌficiˈality (-ʃiˈӕ-) noun

oppervlakkigheid سَطْحِيَّه повърхностност superficialidade povrchnost die Oberfläglichkeit overfladiskhed επιπολαιότητα, επιδρμικότητα superficialidad pinnapealsus سطحي بودن pinnallisuus superficialité שִטחִיוּת पल्लवग्रहिता, छिछोरापन, सतहीपन površnost, plitkost felszínesség, felületesség pengetahuan sepintas yfirborðsháttur/-mennska superficialità 浅薄 피상성, 표면성 paviršutiniškumas virspusējība; paviršība kedangkalan oppervlakkigheidoverflatiskhetpowierzchowność سطحی اوسیدل superficialidade superficialitate поверхность povrchnosť površje površnost ytlighet ความผิวเผิน yüzeysellik 表面性，膚淺 поверховість سطحیت tính nông cạn 表面性，肤浅

ˌsuperˈficially adverb

oppervlakkig بصورةٍ سَطْحِيَّه повърхностно superficialmente povrchně oberfläglich overfladiskt επιφανειακά, επιδερμικάsuperficialmente pinnapealselt بطور سطحي pinnallisesti superficiellement בְאוֹפֶן שִטחִי सतहीपन से, पल्लवग्रहितापूर्वक površno felületesen secara sepintas yfirborðslega superficialmente 浅薄に 피상적으로 paviršutiniškai virspusēji; pavirši pada zahirnya oppervlakkigoverflatisk powierzchownie په سطحی ډول superficialmente (în mod) superficial поверхностно povrchne površinsko površno ytligt แบบผิวเผิน yüzeysel olarak 膚淺地 поверхово سطح پر hời hợt, bề ngoài 肤浅地

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