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Definition of Profoundness
1. Noun. Extremeness of degree. "The profoundness of his ignorance"
2. Noun. Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound. "The anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs"
Generic synonyms: Wisdom
Derivative terms: Abstruse, Abstruse, Profound, Profound
3. Noun. The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas.
Generic synonyms: Sapience, Wisdom
Derivative terms: Deep, Profound, Profound
4. Noun. The quality of being physically deep. "The profundity of the mine was almost a mile"
Generic synonyms: Deepness, Depth
Specialized synonyms: Bottomlessness
Derivative terms: Deep, Deep, Profound, Profound
Antonyms: Shallowness
5. Noun. Intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc. "The profoundness of the silence"
Generic synonyms: Depth
Derivative terms: Profound, Profound
Antonyms: Superficiality
Definition of Profoundness
1. n. The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth.
Definition of Profoundness
1. Noun. The quality of being profound; profundity ¹
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Definition of Profoundness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Profoundness
Literary usage of Profoundness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts by John White Webster, John Ware, Daniel Treadwell (1825)
"... or being remarkable for the profoundness and extent of the writer's views.]
ART. X.—.fin Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. ..."
2. The Golden Verses of Pythagoras by Antoine Fabre d'Olivet, Pythagoras, Nayán Louise Redfield (1917)
"This is what was said with such profoundness by Tiresias, the most famous hierophant
of Greece and whom Homer called the only sage," these words so often ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"... as well for profoundness of doctrine as for profitable use. The principal
reason which moved ..."
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