noun
Describes a person, attitude, or artistic stance that is intellectually elevated, detached from worldly concerns, or disdainful of popular taste. Often used in literary or critical contexts.
彼の高踏な態度は、時に周囲から誤解される。
His aloof attitude is sometimes misunderstood by those around him.
この作家の作品には高踏的な美意識が感じられる。
One can sense a transcendent aesthetic in this author's works.
Compound of 高 (high) and 踏 (step, tread), suggesting 'stepping high' or 'rising above'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is used in modern Japanese to describe an elevated, detached stance.