superficiality
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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) |
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