profundity
pro·fun·di·ty
(prə-fŭn′dĭ-tē, prō-)n. pl. pro·fun·di·ties
1. Great intellectual insight or understanding: profundity of thought.
2. Intensity of feeling or conviction.
3. Something profound or abstruse: the profundities of mathematics.
4. Great extent downward; great depth.
[Middle English profundite, from Old French, from Late Latin profunditās, from Latin profundus, deep; see profound.]
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pro•fun•di•ty
(prəˈfʌn dɪ ti)n., pl. -ties.
1. the quality or state of being profound; depth.
2. Usu., profundities. profound or deep matters.
3. a profoundly deep place; abyss.
[1375–1425; late Middle English profundite < Late Latin profunditās. See profound, -ity]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  profundity - wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs"wisdom - accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment |
| 2. | profundity - intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc; "the depth of my feeling"; "the profoundness of the silence" depth - degree of psychological or intellectual profundity shallowness, superficiality - lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling | |
| 3. |  profundity - the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideassapience, wisdom - ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight | |
| 4. | profundity - the quality of being physically deep; "the profundity of the mine was almost a mile" depth, deepness - the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet" bottomlessness - the property of being very deep; without limit |
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profundity
noun
1. insight, intelligence, depth, wisdom, learning, penetration, acumen, erudition, acuity, perspicacity, sagacity, perceptiveness, perspicuity the profundity of this book
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profundity
noun1. Intellectual penetration or range:
2. Deep, thorough, or mature understanding:
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profundity
n
(= profound remark) → Tiefsinnigkeit f
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profound
(prəˈfaund) adjective2. showing great knowledge or understanding. a profound remark.
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