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Princeton's WordNet

  1. profoundnessnoun

    extremeness of degree

    "the profoundness of his ignorance"

  2. reconditeness, abstruseness, abstrusity, profoundness, profunditynoun

    wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound

    "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs"

  3. astuteness, profundity, profoundness, depth, deepnessnoun

    the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

  4. deepness, profundity, profoundnessnoun

    the quality of being physically deep

    "the profundity of the mine was almost a mile"

  5. profundity, profoundnessnoun

    intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc

    "the depth of my feeling"; "the profoundness of the silence"

Wiktionary

  1. profoundnessnoun

    The quality of being profound; profundity

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Profoundnessnoun

    Etymology: from profound.

    Their wits, which did every where else conquer hardness, were with profoundness here over-matched. Richard Hooker.

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  1. profoundness

    Profoundness refers to the quality of having deep insight or understanding, being intense or severe in nature, or extending to a great depth or level. It can also denote something that is very great or intense, often in a way that is difficult to understand fully. It may be used in various contexts such as intellectual depth, emotional depth, or even physical depth.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Profoundnessnoun

    the quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of profoundness in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of profoundness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of profoundness in a Sentence

  1. Lao Tzu:

    Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

  2. Mao Zedong:

    Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

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