superficiality

Example Sentences

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Modernism’s critique of Art Deco was its superficiality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

We know that the plastic veneer of Hollywood gives parts of the city, and aspects of life here, a certain superficiality.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2025

But older people often mistake the platform’s sometimes playful nature for superficiality, Lobel said, adding, “We don’t just want to see politicians dancing on our TikTok.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024

But away from the circus of superficiality and the reckless scattershot of AI companies, more pressing matters took shape that deserved attention.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2023

Thus we live a closed, hard existence of the utmost superficiality, and rarely does an incident strike out a spark.

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