value judgment
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value judgment

noun

Definition of VALUE JUDGMENT

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

Examples of VALUE JUDGMENT

  1. I am not making value judgments, I am simply presenting the facts.
  2. <lexicographers do not make value judgments about words when deciding whether they should be entered in the dictionary>

First Known Use of VALUE JUDGMENT

1892

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