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higherness

higherness noun: the state or quality of being higher.

Noun

higherness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being higher.
    • If this is sound, the pleasantness of pleasure can no longer be our guide; the higherness of the higher pleasure must have the decisive word — hedonism has committed suicide.1929, Robert Mackintosh, Values, a Bird's Eye Survey, page 40
    • And because in this article and others he didn't make his obeisances to the higherness of the traditional arts, he ran into the sort of disapproval that movies get.1973, Pauline Kael, The New Yorker

Origin of higherness

From higher + -ness.

Questions about higherness

What does higherness mean?
Higherness means the state or quality of being higher.
What part of speech is higherness?
Higherness is a noun.

Words near higherness in the dictionary

  1. higherarchies
  2. higherarchy
  3. highered
  4. highering
  5. highermost
  6. higherness
  7. highers
  8. Highertown
  9. higherup
  10. higherups
  11. highest

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