value judgment

noun

Definition of value judgmentnext
as in assessment
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

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Recent Examples of value judgment But comments that suggest law enforcement may have been driven by personal value judgments against the streamers' journalistic credibility could hamper a prosecution. — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2026 At its core, this debate is a value judgment about what belongs in a basic high school education. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026 The department insists this is not a value judgment. — David Kilmnick, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026 And Kennedy’s answer fails to recognize the degree to which his own theory inevitably entails applying subjective value judgments to broad phrases. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for value judgment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for value judgment
  1. assessment
  2. appraisal
  3. evaluation
  4. impression
  5. perception
  6. estimate
Noun
  • Model improves testing boundaries Beyond exploit development, OpenAI has focused on ensuring GPT-6 Cyber respects the limits of authorized security assessments.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Factories that regularly completed Cascale’s Higg environmental assessment recorded a 22 percent drop in emissions from their operations and purchased energy over four years, the industry group reported on Thursday.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of assessment
Noun
  • The first step is to ask the lender to reconsider the value if the appraisal overlooked a recent sale or got the details wrong.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The property in the ad receives both the general homestead exemption and the exemption for veterans who are 100% disabled, according to the appraisal district website.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of appraisal
Noun
  • Anthropic believes cryptographic inference proofs could help detect tampering with model responses, support independent evaluations and give regulators a way to verify which models providers are serving.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The other, comprising of Aetna, Caremark and two companies that CVS acquired that provide primary care and in-home health evaluations to senior citizens, will be called CVS Health in the interim.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of evaluation
Noun
  • Ofl the newcomers on the roster, junior guard Trent Lincoln and sophomore forward DJ Thomas made the strongest first impressions.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026
  • A lot of these orderly compositions soon give off the impression of a cage — if Mari Kusu’s performance as Takeshi’s mother, bristling with frustration, didn’t already imply as much.
    — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of impression
Noun
  • While trends like these can shift perceptions of beauty and create new aesthetic anxieties, Payne argues that ferritin face also encourages consumers to approach beauty more holistically.
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026
  • This perception holds even among the young and the politically and socially progressive, who would never consciously think that such acts are morally sullying.
    — Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of perception
Noun
  • The levy generates more than a half-billion dollars in revenue for Miami-Dade Public Schools, according to district estimates.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • With around three-quarters of the vote in as of Wednesday morning, the race remains a toss-up, according to CBS News estimates.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of estimate

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“Value judgment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/value%20judgment. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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