value judgment

noun

: a judgment assigning a value (such as good or bad) to something

Examples of value judgment in a Sentence

I am not making value judgments, I am simply presenting the facts. lexicographers do not make value judgments about words when deciding whether they should be entered in the dictionary
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Allow me this time to make a value judgment on the kinds of art being peddled on the blockchain on sites like Opensea. Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024 The latter is ultimately a value judgment; military analysis alone cannot dictate where to draw the line. Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2024 Acknowledging that no perfect version of Earth exists—that extinction is as normal as any other evolutionary process, that the evolutionary-selection pressures humans are putting on the planet are as natural as the ones plants created in the Late Devonian—frees us to cop to those value judgments. Leigh Phillips, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024 These are value judgments about what cultural work demands and deserves. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 10 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for value judgment 

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of value judgment was in 1889

Dictionary Entries Near value judgment

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“Value judgment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/value%20judgment. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

value judgment

noun
: a judgment assigning a value (as good or bad) to something
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