Meaning & use
valorize
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To give or ascribe value, validity, or importance to something, often more than it might otherwise be seen to deserve.
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The documentary was criticized for valorizing a lifestyle it should have questioned.
Some historians argue that popular culture tends to valorize war rather than examine its costs.
A note on using this word
Originally an economic term meaning to fix or maintain the price of a commodity through official action; the broader sense of 'to elevate in value or esteem' developed later.
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2. verb
To fix or stabilize the price of a commodity through government or institutional intervention.
The government moved to valorize coffee prices during the economic downturn.
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