ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Higher-order

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Higher-order is an adjective meaning Involving more sophisticated thinking or reasoning.

Meaning

Involving more sophisticated thinking or reasoning.

More Meanings

  1. Of or relating to a class higher up in a hierarchy.
  2. (mathematics) Of order 2 or greater.

Example Sentences

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include suprarational, analytical, reasoned, inferential, ratiocinative, spiritual.

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