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

Since its 2019 launch, the Alliance said its projects have reduced 378,147 metric tons of unmanaged plastic waste and valorized 418,529 metric tons. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

At moments when public opinion is shifting in favor of legalization, cultural resources that foreground physical suffering and valorize choice and control often dominate public discourse, while also narrowing the frame of debate. — Vanessa Rampton, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026

Perhaps only Lear and Lorne Michaels, both from the writing-producing lineage more frequently valorized in the medium, have competing claims. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026

All racial identities were named and valorized, except one. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026

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
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize
• butterflies