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

Silence, individualism, and stoicism became valorized, and talk of death and grief no longer belonged in daily interactions. —Cody Delistraty, The New Yorker, 22 June 2024

Abramovic comes from a tradition of performance that valorizes extreme effort and duration. —John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 14 Mar. 2010

The show also valorizes a supreme military power that is tempered by the pursuit of beauty and the highest of cultures, as if that might be a formula for peace. —Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024

Rome, for example, had a driving ambition: its rise to greatness during the middle and late Republic and early Empire and its supremacy over the major powers of its day were propelled by a powerful societal custom that valorized control, mastery, and conquest. —Michael J. Mazarr, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022

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