What does upness mean?
Upness means (literal and figurative) The state, quality, or condition of being up.
Upness
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
(literal and figurative) The state, quality, or condition of being up.
Definitions by Sense
- (literal and figurative) The state, quality, or condition of being up
- (quantum mechanics) The property of being an up quark.
Example Sentences
As well as encouraging externalization of mystery, male genitalization seems to encourage men to prize the qualities of hardness, upness, and linearity.
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.
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As well as encouraging externalization of mystery, male genitalization seems to encourage men to prize the qualities of hardness, upness, and linearity.
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