Dismissed rising attraction as superficial (7)
I believe the answer is:
outward
'superficial' is the definition.
('outward' is associated in meaning with 'superficial')
'dismissed rising attraction' is the wordplay.
'dismissed' becomes 'out' (I've seen this before).
'rising' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'attraction' becomes 'draw' ('draw' can be a synonym of 'attraction').
'draw' reversed gives 'ward'.
'out'+'ward'='OUTWARD'
'as' is the link.
(Other definitions for outward that I've seen before include "Apparent" , "Young person thus bound" , "Draw out (anag.)" , "Externally facing" , "External; superficial" .)