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valorize

[ val-uh-rahyz ]

verb (used with object)

valorized, valorizing.
  1. to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.


valorize

/ ˈæəˌɪ /

verb

  1. tr to fix and maintain an artificial price for (a commodity) by governmental action
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Derived Forms

  • ˌǰˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ǰ···پDz [val-, uh, -rahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of valorize1

First recorded in 1905–10; from Late Latin valor “worth” ( valor ) + -ize
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of valorize1

C20: back formation from valorization; see valour
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Trump's toxic brand of "masculinity" valorizes violence and abuse, especially against people who are smaller or less powerful.

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People who want to valorize the KKK have an interest in perpetuating the myth that Frank's lynching was justified.

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Schools are commanded to replace fact-based history with "patriotic education principles," which is unsubtle code for fake histories that minimize slavery and valorize historical white supremacists.

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By rooting “Cowboy Carter” in the kind of hand-played sounds the academy has long valorized, Beyoncé almost seems to be daring the organization to withhold the award for a fifth time.

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Christian nationalist churches, such as the one attended by Trump's Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegeseth, pump out huge amounts of online content valorizing male violence and female oppression.

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