Hypervaluation

Quick meaning: Hypervaluation is a noun meaning (countable) An excessive estimation of the worth of something; extreme valuation.

Meaning

(countable) An excessive estimation of the worth of something; extreme valuation.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state of something being valued extremely highly.

Example Sentences

At the same time, at a deeper level, the cartoons made fun of the hypervaluation of maleness on which machismo in Ecuador depended.

Internet stocks whose hypervaluations have given them the currency to make rapid acquisitions to build market share while running deeper deficits have been the exception.

The hypervaluations of many new economy firms that made no business profits whatsoever opened up the possibility that financial asset appreciation might delink altogether from business profit making.

For example, the hypervaluation of Jackie O.'s pearls is causally anomalous in that it cannot be explained in terms of more typical determinants of value, such as the materials or their aesthetic value.

Word Forms

• hypervaluations

Synonyms for hypervaluation

Depending on context, synonyms include overvaluation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hypervalue, overvaluing, overvaluation, overestimation, overappraisal, overrate.

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