superficiality

[soo-per-fish-ee-al-i-tee] / ˌsu pərˌfɪʃ iˈæl ɪ ti /

NOUN

frivolity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

levity

STRONG

flightiness flippancy flirting flummery folly frippery frivolousness fun gaiety game giddiness jest lightheartedness lightness nonsense play puerility shallowness sport toying trifling triviality volatility whimsicality whimsy

WEAK

coquetting dallying fribble

Antonyms

STRONG

sadness seriousness understanding work

WEAK

sensibility wiseness

NOUN

mush

Synonyms

STRONG

affectation gush mawkishness romanticism schmaltz sentimentalism

WEAK

maudlinism tear-jerker

NOUN

surface

Synonyms

STRONGEST

area expanse exterior facade face façade level side skin top

STRONG

cover covering externality facet obverse outside peel periphery plane rind stretch superficies veneer

WEAK

exteriority

Antonyms

STRONGEST

character core interior middle personality

STRONG

center

WEAK

inside

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"This incident not only exposes the superficiality of local daily supervision and the low cost of violations, leading to repeated violations by the company," another Weibo user wrote.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Modernism’s critique of Art Deco was its superficiality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

So we are left with a question: is Walters all superficiality, a media-obsessive without the stamina or standing for real, transformative politics?

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

Grande matched her co-star’s vocal prowess, but her numbers tend to reflect her character’s superficiality.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024

I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

superficiality

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