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[ adjective ] advanced in complexity or elaboration
Examples "high finance" "higher mathematics" Used in print (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)Since emotional reactions in the higher vertebrates depend_on individual experience and are aroused in man , in_addition , by complex symbols , one would expect that the hypothalamus could be excited from the cortex . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)The significant things in it , at the higher religious levels , are the inner emotional , mental , and spiritual occurrences that fill the pressing human needs of self-preservation , self pacification , and self completion . The chief experience is the sensing of communion , and in the higher religions , of a harmonious relationship with the supernatural power . Related_to this is the fact that most_of the higher religions define for the individual his place in the universe and give him a feeling that he is relatively secure in an ordered , dependable universe . There is also the possibility , among higher religions , of experiencing consistent meaning in life and enjoying guidance and expansiveness . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of education beyond the secondary level
Examples "higher education" "higher learning" Used in print (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)Sixty_five per_cent of the Jewish teen-agers of college age attend institutions of higher learning . Related terms |
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