deepity
nounEtymology From deep + -ity, the word was created by Miriam Weizenbaum and given a precise definition by Daniel Dennett.
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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:
- Related terms
- banality, bromide, inanity, platitude, shibboleth