What does higher-order mean?
Higher-order means Involving more sophisticated thinking or reasoning..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Involving more sophisticated thinking or reasoning..
higher-order thinking
It is at least plausible that expert-level crime policy rulemaking (in the interest of reform) may be necessary in a system... [which] will thus remain susceptible to the prospect of punitive populism arising within any one of an array of higher-order bounded publics.
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Higher-order means Involving more sophisticated thinking or reasoning..
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higher-order thinking
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