Higherness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being higher. uncountable

    "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."

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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."

Etymology

From higher + -ness.

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