The term "profound criticism" is correct and usable in written English.
It is most often used to describe serious, thoughtful criticism with deep or long-lasting implications. For example: "The professor's profound criticism of modern film was thought-provoking and illuminating."
A more profound criticism of contemporary American politics has yet to be uttered.
Though there are indeed many great contemporary Chinese writers, Lianke feels that most Chinese literature -- due to China's meticulous censorship -- lacks the profound criticism of people, society, the system and the authorities, which define the great masters such as Dostoyevsky.
But scratch beneath the surface, and Smith has some profound criticisms of the broader political system that may come as a surprise.
Diosdado Cabello, the speaker of the National Assembly and Mr Maduro's main political rival in the chavista camp, was quick to distance himself from the president-elect, tweeting the need for "profound self-criticism".
National assembly president Diosdado Cabello, who many consider Maduro's main rival within their movement, tweeted: "The results oblige us to make a profound self-criticism". Maduro - who was chosen by Chávez in the last televised address he gave before undergoing ultimately unsuccessful cancer surgery - was seen until recently as a relatively low-key figure in the government.
But one of Kieltyka's complaints is just that that Bailey failed to adequately protect her identity, leaving her personally open to criticism and profound misunderstanding.
In this book, he undertakes a profound reexamination of some of criticism's most basic assumptions.
The moralizing bent of Wood's profound, searching and bogglingly learned criticism has more than a whiff of the ecclesiastical about it.
Three years before Lowell's death, Hardwick had published the most thematic of her four collections of essays — "Seduction & Betrayal: Women and Literature" — and it was to have a profound effect on feminist literary criticism.
Such criticisms betray a profound misunderstanding of the way professional prosecutors and FBI agents do their jobs.
We not only don't like hearing criticism; it has a profound effect on our psyche.
