valorize

verb

val·​o·​rize ˈva-lə-ˌrīz 

valorized; valorizing

transitive verb

1

: to enhance or try to enhance the price, value, or status of by organized and usually governmental action

using subsidies to valorize coffee

2

: to assign value or merit to : validate

valorization

ˌva-lə-rə-ˈzā-shən 

noun

Examples of valorize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Calabrian sister festival hopes to become an annual fixture, highlighting both the push within the wine sector to valorize local products and the territory in general to bring international visitors to the area. —Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025

States have reverted to valorizing nuclear weapons. —Nina Tannenwald, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018

The church, which valorizes divine revelation, hasn’t always embraced humanism, the view that humans have the agency and abilities to figure out the truth and improve the world through their own reason. —Sigal Samuel, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018

In my experience, the legal industry often valorizes long hours and self-sacrifice, discouraging displays of vulnerability. —Raquel Gomes, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from valorization, borrowed from Portuguese valorizacão, from valorizar "to enhance the value of" (from valor "value, worth"—going back to early Medieval Latin—+ -izar -ize) + -acão -ation — more at valor

First Known Use

circa 1906, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for valorize

• advertise
• aggrandize
• agonize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize