How do you use Superficiality in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like shallowness or depth, plus the exact meaning.
Superficiality in a sentence
Superficiality meaning
The property of being superficial, the tendency to judge by surface appearance.
Synonyms of Superficiality
Using Superficiality
- The main meaning on this page is: The property of being superficial, the tendency to judge by surface appearance.
- Useful related words include: shallowness, depth, profundity.
- In the example corpus, superficiality often appears in combinations such as: the superficiality, superficiality of.
Context around Superficiality
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Superficiality
- In this selection, "superficiality" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, encourage, youthful, envy, laziness and pretence stand out and add context to how "superficiality" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the superficiality of communication and american youthful superficiality. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "superficiality" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with superficiality
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What characterizes human relationships today is superficiality, pretence and frigidity. (10 words)
The emphasis on breadth over depth can, in fact, encourage superficiality. (11 words)
But these ethnographers also pointed out the superficiality of many such similarities. (12 words)
That superficiality has been a sticking point on the “Road to Infinity War” even for some of the series’ very best entries because of how their political backdrop has been contextualized. (31 words)
We saw some of this in the Christopher Nolan films, with Bruce struggling to put down the cowl and clearly despising the superficiality of his rich playboy Bruce Wayne persona. (30 words)
In 2015, the basketball player told GQ that after the matter was resolved, he decided to shed some superficiality he felt he had built up in his public persona. (29 words)
Or the superficiality of a second rate student who was not well versed? (13 words)
Example sentences (15)
The story is somewhat layered with commentary on the superficiality of commercially viable churches, the stigma against reformed souls and the power of humility and redemption.
Whenever the Kardashians are mentioned in the media, gossipy tales of superficiality, envy, cattiness and melodrama usually follow.
In 2015, the basketball player told GQ that after the matter was resolved, he decided to shed some superficiality he felt he had built up in his public persona.
The emphasis on breadth over depth can, in fact, encourage superficiality.
These are all lost markers in the dark, and the blame for that must surely lie in part with the superficiality of generations of preaching and homilies.
This, as my colleague Ashley Reese points out, serves as commentary on the superficiality, laziness, and narcissism of the wealthy.
A communal symbol that once served as a beacon of hope and welcome now seems like little more than an emblem of American youthful superficiality.
That superficiality has been a sticking point on the “Road to Infinity War” even for some of the series’ very best entries because of how their political backdrop has been contextualized.
We saw some of this in the Christopher Nolan films, with Bruce struggling to put down the cowl and clearly despising the superficiality of his rich playboy Bruce Wayne persona.
What characterizes human relationships today is superficiality, pretence and frigidity.
But these ethnographers also pointed out the superficiality of many such similarities.
He argued this was unrealistic, and that people's ignorance and superficiality meant that in fact they were largely manipulated by politicians, who set the agenda.
He was particularly concerned about the superficiality of communication on the web.
Or the superficiality of a second rate student who was not well versed?
The discourse goes on to condemn the superficiality of materialism and call the disciples not to worry about material needs, but to "seek" God's kingdom first.
Common combinations with superficiality
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the superficiality 8×
- superficiality of 7×