valorize

English

Alternative forms

• valorise, valourise, valourize

Etymology

Back-formation from valorization.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvæləˌraɪz/

Verb

valorize (third-person singular simple present valorizes, present participle valorizing, simple past and past participle valorized)

1. (transitive) To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable.
   • 2001 May 12, Robert Potts, quoting Paul Muldoon, “The poet at play”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     […] 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.”

   • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 115:

     Creating a historical dictionary for a variety of English valorises that variety by linking it to national history and national identity.

   • 2023 October 28, Elizabeth Spiers, “A Tech Overlord’s Horrifying, Silly Vision for Who Should Rule the World”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     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.

2. (transitive) To fix the price of (something) at an artificially high level, usually by government action.

Derived terms

• valorization

Anagrams

• virazole

Portuguese

Verb

valorize

1. inflection of valorizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative