Meaning & use
Profundity
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Great depth of insight, knowledge, or meaning; intellectual or spiritual depth.
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The professor's lecture was praised for its profundity and clarity.
Critics questioned whether the film's message had any real profundity.
A note on using this word
From Latin profundus, 'deep.' It can describe both the depth of an idea and, more rarely, physical depth.
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superficialityshallowness
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