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Profoundness

noun
1.
Extremeness of degree.
2.
Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound.  Synonyms: abstruseness, abstrusity, profundity, reconditeness.
3.
The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas.  Synonyms: astuteness, deepness, depth, profundity.
4.
The quality of being physically deep.  Synonyms: deepness, profundity.
5.
Intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc.  Synonym: profundity.  "The profoundness of the silence"





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"Profoundness" Quotes from Famous Books



... the occupations of the life of man from puberty to old age! We may acquire languages; we may devote ourselves to arts; we may give ourselves up to the profoundness of science. Nor is any one of these objects incompatible with the others, nor is there any reason why the same man should not embrace many. We may devote one portion of the year to travelling, and another to all ...
— Thoughts on Man - His Nature, Productions and Discoveries, Interspersed with - Some Particulars Respecting the Author • William Godwin


Words linked to "Profoundness" :   sapience, bottomlessness, shallowness, ultimateness, profound, wisdom, superficiality, ultimacy


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