value judgment
nounDefinition of value judgment
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Synonyms for value judgment
Synonyms
appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimate, estimation, evaluation, fix, judgment (or judgement)
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We value judgment above all in public men and those who are entrusted with important affairs. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "Judge, if You Must, but Curb the Glee: Notes from Las Vegas," 18 July 2019 Impulses are then urges to act based on value judgments. — Massimo Pigliucci, Quartz, "This simple philosophy can calm your inner control freak," 17 June 2019 And, if nothing else, that was a business decision and a value judgment that could have gone another way. — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, "The Underworld of Online Content Moderation," 5 July 2019 This is one reason why scientists need to be crystal-clear that fitness is a statement of fact and not a value judgment. — Peter Byrne, Quanta Magazine, "Debating the Evolution of Multicellularity," 25 Sep. 2013 That isn’t a value judgment, or even necessarily a criticism. — Zack Beauchamp, Vox, "Paul Ryan just let Trump off the hook on Putin," 17 July 2018 Our decision to opt out of the term isn’t an effort to place a value judgment on the term, or even to make a big statement. — Time, "The Boss: Why I Decided to Create a Lingerie Company With 70 Bra Sizes," 22 June 2018 As Diane Coyle of Cambridge University has argued, the decision to exclude unpaid work may reflect the value judgments of the (mostly male) officials who first ran statistical agencies. — The Economist, "Economists focus too little on what people really care about," 3 May 2018 The former would be a value judgment; the latter is a business decision. — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, "The systemic problem with pro-Trump media, in one quote," 14 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'value judgment.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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