deepity
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From deep + -ity, the word was created by Miriam Weizenbaum and given a precise definition by Daniel Dennett.
Noun[edit]
deepity (plural deepities)
- A superficial equivocation which only seems to be profound.
- 2009 November 27, Chris Schoen, “Deepity Structure”, in Underverse[1], retrieved 2012-05-31:
- And yet, no clearer example of a deepity will you find than the assertion that math is an instinct.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:deepity.
