Profound
Profound adjective - Difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand.
True and profound are semantically related. In some cases you can use "True" instead an adjective "Profound".
Nearby Words: profoundly, profoundness
True
True adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.
Both words in one sentence
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Neuroscientist and philosopher Daniel Dennett has coined the term "Deepity" to describe an "seemingly profound statement" that has two levels of meanings, one that is trivially true and another one that sounds profound but is actually a meaningless statement.
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The term refers to statements that are at best true but completely irrelevant, at worst something that, while profound on the surface, is completely nonsensical (bonus points if said statement would be completely world shattering if true).
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To wit: Dialogue: ALL of the girls (especially in the true ending), wind up liking Arata to some greater or lesser degree, ranging anywhere from profound respect to outright love.
Source: Visual Novel / Princess Waltz
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