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surfacism

surfacism noun: superficiality.

Noun

surfacism (uncountable)

  1. Superficiality.
  2. The belief that only surfaces are suitable for landing or docking.
  3. In transformational grammar, the belief that deep and surface structures are similar.

Origin of surfacism

From surface + -ism.

Questions about surfacism

What does surfacism mean?
Surfacism means superficiality.
What part of speech is surfacism?
Surfacism is a noun.

Words near surfacism in the dictionary

  1. surfacewards
  2. surfacial
  3. surfacic
  4. surfacing
  5. surfacings
  6. surfacism
  7. surfactant
  8. surfactantless
  9. surfactantlike
  10. surfactants
  11. surfactin

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