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Definition of "superficiality" [su•per•fi•ci•al•i•ty]

  • The property of being superficial, the tendency to judge by surface appearance. (noun)

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Use "superficiality" in a sentence
  • "The superficiality is downright dangerous, I think, in glossing over the fact that you can suppress theistic religion and end up with worse racism — c.f. anti-semitism in Soviet Russia — because atheistic ideologies can function in exactly the same way to create exactly the same type of “bad thinking”."
  • "(Evidently addicted to CSI, she rabbited on at length about GSR -- but her superficiality is exposed here.)"
  • "I am lamenting the fact that superficiality is more common than deep, meaningful conversation."