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profundity

[pruh-fuhn-di-tee]

noun

plural

profundities 
  1. the quality or state of being profound; depth.

  2. Usually profundities. profound or deep matters.

  3. a profoundly deep place; abyss.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of profundity1

1375–1425; late Middle English profundite < Late Latin ǴڳܲԻ徱. See profound, -ity
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Is Anima’s game supposed to imply that most mainstream audiences don’t understand the profundity tucked beneath those sparkling synths?

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She thanked critics for celebrating "this genre of horror films, that are overlooked and not seen for the profundity that they can hold".

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Nevertheless, there’s a hushed profundity, especially in Binoche and Fiennes’ performances, expressing the kind of unspeakable grief and trauma one brings home from the battlefield, and what those who remain home suffer in absence.

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Recognizing, as he did, the profundity of humor, he might have said the same about death.

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That also meant we could pick apart the smallest details about each scene to amplify some sense of profundity that, truth be told, probably wasn’t there in the first place.

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