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profundity

 noun
     
pro‧fun‧di‧ty plural profundities formal
1 [uncountable] when someone or something shows great knowledge and understanding, or strong, serious feelings [= depth]:
The cartoon version lacks the profundity of the original text.
2 [countable usually plural] something that someone says that shows great knowledge and understanding:
the profundities of her speech
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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