as in assessments
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something
lexicographers do not make value judgments about words when deciding whether they should be entered in the dictionary
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of value judgments
In non-coding jobs, there are degrees of functionality informed by value judgments.
—
Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
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
Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for value judgments
Noun
-
Whether power is actually turned off — and how long outages last — will depend on weather conditions and fire risk assessments, the utility said.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
-
Detainees held at the facility didn’t receive comprehensive health assessments, which meant that those with chronic conditions received substandard care, the report said.—
Michael Biesecker,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
Noun
-
Another persistent tale is that FHA appraisals are tougher than others, but the rules are essentially the same for all valuations.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
-
The company creates custom rings with diamonds, and guides customers through the entire shopping journey from initial conversations with gemologists, to the appraisals, down to the shipping.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
2 June 2026
Noun
-
Unlike his child co-stars — who rocketed to fame on their first major gig — Harbour had an acute awareness of how people’s perceptions of him changed.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
10 June 2026
-
Today, however, perceptions are shifting.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
Noun
-
Known for his enthusiastic impressions and warm camaraderie with Andy, Goober quickly became a fan favorite.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 June 2026
-
After the third day of OTAs wrapped up, safety Talanoa Hufanga gave his initial impressions of Waddle.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
Noun
-
During early evaluations, payments company Stripe reported that the model completed a large-scale migration across a 50-million-line Ruby codebase in roughly one day.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 June 2026
-
Alex Taubman, Long Lake’s CEO, says Nexus performs five times better than general purpose models like Claude or ChatGPT on his firm’s internal evaluations.—
Jasmine Wu,Deirdre Bosa,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
Noun
-
The source also said Bessent has directed his team to assess conditions in the Gulf and request comprehensive estimates of costs associated with such repairs.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
-
Looking through the functions of the genes that were present in these simplified genomes, the researchers could make some estimates of what sorts of genetic functions were present in the last common ancestor of all eukaryotes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
Noun
-
Another taxpayer, Adolphus Sutherland, expressed his torn feelings.—
Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
-
Stay busy to combat pessimistic feelings.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
10 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Value judgments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/value%20judgments. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
