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aboveness

aboveness noun: the quality of being above.

Noun

aboveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being above.
    • Because this evangile does in fact give us a continuum of gods below and above joined by a vibrating cord, it supports my point that metaphors operate upon continua — in this case belowness and aboveness — moving people and things aptly about on the continua.1986, James. W. Fernandez, Persuasions and Performances: The Play of Tropes in Culture, page 19

Antonyms of aboveness

Origin of aboveness

From above + -ness.

Questions about aboveness

What does aboveness mean?
Aboveness means the quality of being above.
What part of speech is aboveness?
Aboveness is a noun.

Words near aboveness in the dictionary

  1. abovedescribed
  2. aboveground
  3. abovelisted
  4. abovementioned
  5. abovenamed
  6. aboveness
  7. aboveproof
  8. abovequoted
  9. aboves'd
  10. abovesaid
  11. abovesigned

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