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Meaning of higher-order | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Involving more sophisticated thinking or reasoning.
    not-comparable
  2. Of or relating to a class higher up in a hierarchy.
    not-comparable
  3. Of order 2 or greater.
    not-comparable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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