Superficiality

su·per·fi·cial  (spr-fshl)

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.

3. Apparent rather than actual or substantial: a superficial resemblance.

4. Trivial; insignificant: made only a few superficial changes in the manuscript.

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[Middle English, from Old French superficiel, from Latin superficilis, from superficis, surface; see superficies.]

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super·fici·ali·ty (-fsh-l-t), super·ficial·ness (-fshl-ns) n.

super·ficial·ly adv.

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"