Valorize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvæləˌraɪz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Valorize is a verb meaning (transitive) To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable.
Meaning
(transitive) To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To fix the price of (something) at an artificially high level, usually by government action.
Example Sentences
Creating a historical dictionary for a variety of English valorises that variety by linking it to national history and national identity.
You can see it in the way we valorize the C.E.O.s of “unicorn” companies who have expanded their wealth far beyond what could possibly be justified by their individual contributions.
[…]noting his tendency “to valorise my father and, I'm afraid, to demonise her because of some of the tendencies she had: she was very harsh. That was a faint undertone to my 'idyllic' childhood, I suppose.”
Word Forms
- valorizes
- valorizing
- valorized
- valorise
- valourise
- valourize
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include valourize, valorise, valourise, revalorize, appreciate, revalorise.
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