profundity

n., pl., -ties.

1. Great depth.
2. Depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning.
3. Something profound or abstruse.

[Middle English profundite, from Old French, from Late Latin profunditās, from Latin profundus, deep. See profound.]

noun

1. Intellectual penetration or range: deepness, depth, profoundness. See thoughts.
2. Deep, thorough, or mature understanding: insight, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom. See wise/foolish.

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The noun has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
  Synonyms: reconditeness, abstruseness, abstrusity, profoundness

Meaning #2: intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc
  Synonym: profoundness
  Antonym: superficiality (meaning #1)

Meaning #3: the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
  Synonyms: astuteness, profoundness, depth

Meaning #4: the quality of being physically deep
  Synonyms: deepness, profoundness

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dybde, dybsindighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
diepgang, diepzinnigheid

Français (French)
n. - profondeur, remarque profonde (iro)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tiefe, Tiefsinnigkeit, Tiefgründigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εμβρίθεια, βάθος

Italiano (Italian)
profondità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - profundidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
глубина, серьезность

Español (Spanish)
n. - profundidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - djupsinnighet, grundlighet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
深, 深奥, 深度

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 深, 深奧, 深度

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 깊음, 심오, 심연

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 深いこと, 深さ, 深み

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عمق التفكير, عمق شديد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחשבה עמוקה, עומק‬

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