VALUE-SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does value-system mean? 

• VALUE-SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun VALUE-SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group

  Familiarity information: VALUE-SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VALUE-SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

ethic; moral principle; value-system; value orientation

Context example:

a person with old-fashioned values

Hypernyms ("value-system" is a kind of...):

principle (a rule or standard especially of good behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "value-system"):

Chartism (the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people)