value-laden

English

Adjective

value-laden (comparative more value-laden, superlative most value-laden)

1. Involving subjective moral evaluations, especially when these evaluations are implicit and unexamined.
   • 2002, John L. H. Keep, A History of the Soviet Union, 1945-1991: Last of the Empires, Oxford University Press:

     "The term 'crisis' is contested by some Western scholars, who would prefer the less value-laden term 'disequilibrium'."

   • 2003 April 30, John Z. Sadler, Descriptions and Prescriptions: Values, Mental Disorders, and the DSMs, JHU Press:

     "Their claim is that since theories reflect cultural, historical, and social preferences, they are value-laden."