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valorize
[ val-uh-rahyz ]
verb (used with object)
, val·or·ized, val·or·iz·ing.
- 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
/ ˈvæləˌraɪz /
verb
- tr to fix and maintain an artificial price for (a commodity) by governmental action
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Derived Forms
- ˌvaloriˈzation, noun
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Other Words From
- val·or·i·za·tion [val-, uh, -rahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of valorize1
C20: back formation from valorization; see valour
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Example Sentences
Yet critics valorize the films which celebrate its destruction, over the ones which celebrate its triumphs.
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