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- noun Plural form of
superficiality .
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Examples
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The Prime Minister dismissed the 'superficialities' of a Conservative campaign which saw Sir Michael Caine coming out in their support.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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When people saw us together they'd usually comment on how kind and sweet I was to see past the superficialities of her facial and body art and look into the heart and soul of the woman she was.
Beard of Bees Jason Lee Norman 2011
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My dad was deep piles of stuff: he was a wunderkammer, a cabinet of curiosities filled to bursting, dusty around the edges, the core hard to reach, impenetrable depths but so much fascinating stuff spread across the surface that you could spend a rewarding eternity just exploring his superficialities.
Of Shoes And Ships And Sealing Wax And Hoarding Stuff And Things | Her Bad Mother 2009
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Like them, his art exists to record insights on a scale so small that were it not for some of the superficialities of poetic craft it might be missed altogether, and to write it in language so unambitious that were it not for line and page breaks it might be thought of as second-rate prose.
Anis Shivani: Philip Levine and Other Mediocrities: What it Takes to Ascend to the Poet Laureateship Anis Shivani 2011
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Like them, his art exists to record insights on a scale so small that were it not for some of the superficialities of poetic craft it might be missed altogether, and to write it in language so unambitious that were it not for line and page breaks it might be thought of as second-rate prose.
Anis Shivani: Philip Levine and Other Mediocrities: What it Takes to Ascend to the Poet Laureateship Anis Shivani 2011
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Aside from any political insight that the article conveys -- and there is a lot -- there's one annoying aspect of the reporting that may overshadow it merits, and that's the inevitable focus on the superficialities of Ms. Palin's looks and her private family matters.
Palin Comparison 2009
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Beneath these superficialities, however, the reader encounters writers of unquestionable talent.
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But none of these superficialities guarantee success.
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But none of these superficialities guarantee success.
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These are the types of people who vote based on superficialities rather than the issues.
Angry Clinton supporters tell party leaders: 'Let's go McCain!' 2008
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