heightening
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈhaɪtənɪŋ/
:
intensificación
- Moral imagination would then be integral to the same movement, a heightening and strengthening of one's own individuality until it becomes a window on what is universal to all humans.
Well, this again, this heightening of language.
- Well, this again, this heightening of language.
- Super realistic, a heightening of reality.
- I would have liked to understand the choice better, Meant to should there be fewer moments of the heightening of art?
- I don't remember if Key and Peele's still on air, but he came and did like an hour lecture with us about Sketch, about heightening.
Examples
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As the storm approached, there was a heightening of anxiety among the residents.
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It must be this heightening of consciousness apart from and even beyond touch.
Fiction book (1999) -
What if we saw death as a heightening of our experience?
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Super realistic, a heightening of reality.
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So for me that was like a truly immediate heightening of my senses.
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Ragueneau's descriptions indicate feelings of sensory heightening.
Academic text (2017) -
This is the abiding effect of the master's interpretation: the heightening of emotional stakes in professional decisions.
Academic text (2000) -
One might argue that this diminishment I speak of is really an intensification or heightening, for it is closer to the Eastern notion of time as an eternal present, without demarcations.
Fiction book (1990) -
The irony of it all, that the township slang had actually increased in use in direct proportion to the heightening of repression, was not lost on him.
Fiction book (1996) -
For Lonergan, consciousness is not perception but simply the range of awareness; so introspection is not a matter of taking an inner look, as the etymological sense of the word suggests, but instead involves a heightening of awareness in the performance of intentional acts.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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1.0
A rise that happens over time and makes something larger
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5.7
A rise in how serious or costly a situation becomes
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3.6
An increase in amount, level, or strength
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6.1
An increase in size, amount, or level
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5.0
A sudden strong increase in activity or interest
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5.5
Making something stronger or more intense
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4.1
A slow rise in level, like heat or excitement
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4.4
A change that makes something more intense or serious
A sudden rise in the number or amount of something
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word heightening comes from height, which is related to high meaning 'tall', and the ending -en meaning 'to make'. So heightening is like 'making higher', which is why it means an increase in intensity, degree, or effect.