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belowness

belowness noun: the quality of being below.

Noun

belowness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being below.
    • 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 belowness

Origin of belowness

From below + -ness.

Questions about belowness

What does belowness mean?
Belowness means the quality of being below.
What part of speech is belowness?
Belowness is a noun.

Words near belowness in the dictionary

  1. below the salt
  2. below the surface
  3. below-stairs
  4. belowdecks
  5. belowground
  6. belowness
  7. Belowra
  8. Belows
  9. belowstairs
  10. beloxamide
  11. beloxepin

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