upness

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noun

The state, quality, or condition of being up

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Meanings

nounupness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableliteral and figurativeThe state, quality, or condition of being up

    As well as encouraging externalization of mystery, male genitalization seems to encourage men to prize the qualities of hardness, upness, and linearity.

    1988, James B. Nelson, The Intimate Connection: Male Sexuality, Masculine Spirituality
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    Sometimes ups, to smarten up, ask downs to come into a program created by ups to explain and justify their downness. The ups call this "human relations training." Of course, ups never have to explain their upness; that is why they are ups.

    1996, Benjamin Bowser, Raymond G. Hunt, Impacts of Racism on White Americans
  2. uncountablequantum mechanicsThe property of being an up quark.

Origin

From up + -ness.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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