profundity

  • 11profundity — noun 1. wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound (Freq. 1) the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs • Syn: ↑reconditeness, ↑abstruseness, ↑abstrusity, ↑profoundness • Derivationally related forms …

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  • 12profundity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English profundite, from Latin profunditat , profunditas depth, from profundus Date: 15th century 1. a. intellectual depth b. something profound or abstruse 2. the quality or state of being profound or deep …

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  • 13profundity — /preuh fun di tee/, n., pl. profundities for 2, 3. 1. the quality or state of being profound; depth. 2. Usually, profundities. profound or deep matters. 3. a profoundly deep place; abyss. [1375 1425; late ME profundite < LL profunditas. See&#8230; …

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  • 14profundity — noun a) the state of being profound or abstruse b) a great depth Syn: profoundness …

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  • 15profundity — Synonyms and related words: Sophia, abstruseness, abyss, acumen, ampleness, astuteness, bigness, bottomlessness, broad mindedness, broadness, capaciousness, complexity, complication, comprehensiveness, copiousness, crabbedness, crampedness, deep&#8230; …

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  • 16profundity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Depth] Syn. pitch, deepness, lowness; see depth 1 . 2. [Perception] Syn. acuity, sagacity, authority; see acumen . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Intellectual penetration or range: deepness, depth, profoundness. See&#8230; …

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  • 17profundity — prÉ™ fÊŒndÉ™tɪ n. deepness, reconditeness; abstractness, quality of having deep meaning …

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  • 18profundity — noun (plural profundities) 1》 great depth of insight or knowledge. 2》 great depth or intensity of a state, quality, or emotion …

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  • 19profundity — n. Depth, deepness, profoundness …

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  • 20profundity — n 1. depth, deepness, profoundness; abstrusity, abstruseness, reconditeness, abstractness; impenetrability, impenetrableness, incomprehensibility, incomprehensibleness, inscrutability, inscrutableness, unknowableness; mysticity, mysticality,&#8230; …

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