higherness

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noun

The state or quality of being higher.

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Meanings

nounhigherness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being higher.

    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
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    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

Origin

From higher + -ness.

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APA

higherness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/higherness

MLA

“higherness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/higherness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “higherness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/higherness.

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