profundity

[ pruh-fuhn-di-tee ]

/ prəˈfʌn dɪ ti /

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noun, plural pro·fun·di·ties for 2, 3.

the quality or state of being profound; depth.

Usually profundities. profound or deep matters.

a profoundly deep place; abyss.

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Origin of profundity

1375–1425; late Middle English profundite<Late Latin profunditās.See profound, -ity

Words nearby profundity

proformiphen, profound, profoundly, profoundly deaf, Profumo, profundity, profuse, profusely, profusion, profusive, prog

How to use profundity in a sentence

Another study found this trait is also associated with people who ascribe profundity to randomly generated nonsense statements.
Why People Fall For Conspiracy Theories|Kaleigh Rogers|June 15, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
This is a series that’s always tantalizing viewers with glimpses of profundity—in its political commentary, its plot complexity, its character development.
Justin Theroux Is Great in The Mosquito Coast. But What Is This Muddled Meditation on American Life Trying to Say?|Judy Berman|April 29, 2021|Time
She advised Short-Colomb on shaping the personal and historical details, but it was the questions the budding performer raised that provided profundity.
At 63, she enrolled at the university that sold her enslaved ancestors. Now she’s starring in a play about them.|Peter Marks|April 9, 2021|Washington Post
Motherless children on earth often have a hard time reattaching to people because of the profundity of the loss.
How To Find Freedom From Grief|Jasmine Grant|January 7, 2021|Essence.com

I recall during our conversation that I had a profundity to offer.
Remembering My Friend Barry Lopez|Bob Shacochis|January 5, 2021|Outside Online
They have to learn the profundity of the sorrow and the pain that the memory of the Holocaust evokes, and they have to respect it.
Palestinians Need To Learn The Lesson On Antisemitism|Emily L. Hauser|February 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nikos Kazantzakis had no problems writing a moving novel of beauty, profundity, and luminosity.
Examining the Many Novels on Jesus Christ|David Masciotra|December 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The most profound truths are often the simplest ones, and Wallace was a genius at revealing the simplicity of profundity.
David Foster Wallace, Traditionalist? Considering ‘Both Flesh and Not: Essays’|David Masciotra|November 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
They have a natural air which is alike free from affected profundity and insipid childishness.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
The capacity of a people for profundity is not profundity, either of the individual or of the community.
The New Society|Walther Rathenau
Even as I looked she vanished into the dark profundity beneath, and then I directed my glances above me.
A Middy of the King|Harry Collingwood
Once more Mohammed demonstrates his great profundity and insight into the character, the customs and traditions of his countrymen.
Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value|Arthur Glyn Leonard
Whether this inclination be an exciting cause, or rather a valid proof of such profundity, it is a nice thing to say.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe

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