"betterness" meaning in English

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    {
      "word": "worseness"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
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        "3": "betternes"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English betternes",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "better",
        "3": "ness"
      },
      "expansion": "better + -ness",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English betternes. Equivalent to better + -ness.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "betternesses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "betterness (countable and uncountable, plural betternesses)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 198",
          "text": "And how in the first place do you want to live in a better country when you yourself aren’t trying to be that betterness, when you’re willingly surrendering your right to shape that country?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state or quality of being better; superiority."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ],
        [
          "superiority",
          "superiority"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The state or quality of being better; superiority."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "The result or product of being better."
      ],
      "id": "en-betterness-en-noun-FWN8~vjs",
      "links": [
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ],
        [
          "product",
          "product"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) The result or product of being better."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
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          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ness",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The amount by which a precious metal exceeds the standard of fineness."
      ],
      "id": "en-betterness-en-noun-03PSXjlA",
      "links": [
        [
          "precious metal",
          "precious metal"
        ],
        [
          "standard",
          "standard"
        ],
        [
          "fineness",
          "fineness"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "minting",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(minting) The amount by which a precious metal exceeds the standard of fineness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "betterness"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "worseness"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ness",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "betternes"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English betternes",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "better",
        "3": "ness"
      },
      "expansion": "better + -ness",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English betternes. Equivalent to better + -ness.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "betternesses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "betterness (countable and uncountable, plural betternesses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 198",
          "text": "And how in the first place do you want to live in a better country when you yourself aren’t trying to be that betterness, when you’re willingly surrendering your right to shape that country?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state or quality of being better; superiority."
      ],
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        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ],
        [
          "superiority",
          "superiority"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The state or quality of being better; superiority."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The result or product of being better."
      ],
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        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ],
        [
          "product",
          "product"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) The result or product of being better."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The amount by which a precious metal exceeds the standard of fineness."
      ],
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        [
          "precious metal",
          "precious metal"
        ],
        [
          "standard",
          "standard"
        ],
        [
          "fineness",
          "fineness"
        ]
      ],
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        "(minting) The amount by which a precious metal exceeds the standard of fineness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "betterness"
}