"superficiality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: superficialities [plural]
Etymology: superficial + -ity Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|superficial|ity}} superficial + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} superficiality (countable and uncountable, plural superficialities)
  1. The property of being superficial, the tendency to judge by surface appearance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (property of being superficial): سَطْحِيَّة (saṭḥiyya) [masculine] (Arabic), повърхностност (povǎrhnostnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), superficialitat [feminine] (Catalan), oppervlakkigheid [feminine] (Dutch), pinnallisuus (Finnish), superficialidade [feminine] (Galician), ზედაპირულობა (zedaṗiruloba) (Georgian), Oberflächlichkeit [feminine] (German), superficialità [feminine] (Italian), по́вршност (póvršnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), өнгөц байдал (öngöc bajdal) (Mongolian), superficialidade [feminine] (Portuguese), superficialitate (Romanian), пове́рхностность (povérxnostnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), по̀вршно̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pòvršnōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), superficialidad [feminine] (Spanish), поверхо́вість (poverxóvistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), поверхо́вність (poverxóvnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-superficiality-en-noun-Lszha84a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity

Inflected forms

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