deepity

A superficial equivocation which only seems to be profound.

Noun

  1. A superficial equivocation which only seems to be profound.
    • And yet, no clearer example of a deepity will you find than the assertion that math is an instinct. - 2009 November 27, Chris Schoen, “Deepity Structure”, in Underverse, retrieved 31 May 2012:

Origin

From deep + -ity, the word was created by Miriam Weizenbaum and given a precise definition by Daniel Dennett.

Forms

deepities

Related

banality bromide inanity platitude shibboleth