superficiality

English Thesaurus

1. lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	depth,
definition	:	degree of psychological or intellectual profundity (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	glibness, slickness,
definition	:	a kind of fluent easy superficiality (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	sciolism,
definition	:	pretentious superficiality of knowledge (noun.attribute)

2. shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	shallowness,
definition	:	the quality of lacking physical depth (noun.attribute)

3. lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	profoundness, profundity,
definition	:	intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	superficial,
definition	:	concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually (adj.all)

derivation	:	shallow,
definition	:	lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious (adj.all)

4. shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	superficial,
definition	:	of, affecting, or being on or near the surface (adj.pert)

5. lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	profoundness, profundity,
definition	:	intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	superficial,
definition	:	concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually (adj.all)

derivation	:	shallow,
definition	:	lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious (adj.all)

6. shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	superficial,
definition	:	of, affecting, or being on or near the surface (adj.pert)