higher learning

noun

: education, learning, or scholarship on the collegiate or university level

Examples of higher learning in a Sentence

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Your sector of truth, travel, and higher learning is activated, and suddenly the world feels open again. Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Apr. 2025 Targeting international students threatens all of us by dictating the terms by which anyone can lay claim to institutional spaces and cultures of higher learning in the U.S. To be sure, the cost of silencing dissenting voices won’t be paid by international students alone. Susan Thomas, Time, 29 Apr. 2025 Then on May 12, the moon will peak in Scorpio, activating your exotic ninth house of travel, adventure and higher learning, bringing clarity around a belief system or long-term plan. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025 With some school endowments clocking in at billions of dollars, critics of higher learning have asked why universities even need government funding for scientific research. Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for higher learning

Word History

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of higher learning was in 1826

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“Higher learning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/higher%20learning. Accessed 14 May. 2025.

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