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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How language encodes value judgments Such logic sets off alarm bells for anyone familiar with the history of eugenics, a movement that began with the idea of improving America by making its people healthier and quickly evolved to make judgments about who is and is not fit to participate in society. Megan Donelson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025 Without humans in the loop, to apply a value judgment to issues, organizations can fall into the trap of underreacting to major incidents or overreacting to minor ones. Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025 The spirit of the Ojai festival need not be conveyed by a laundry list of composers and works or by value judgments. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025 To do otherwise would have been to engage in what the justices often decry: substituting their own political value judgments for the will of Congress and the executive’s enforcement of that will. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025 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

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“Value judgment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/value%20judgment. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

value judgment

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