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VALUE JUDGMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does value judgment mean?
• VALUE JUDGMENT (noun)
The noun VALUE JUDGMENT has 1 sense:
1. an assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed
Familiarity information: VALUE JUDGMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
value judgement; value judgment
Hypernyms ("value judgment" is a kind of...):
assessment; judgement; judgment (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "value judgment"):
moralism (judgments about another person's morality)
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