devaluation

[ dee-val-yoo-ey-shuhn ]

noun

1. an official lowering of the exchange value of a country's currency relative to gold or other currencies.
2. a reduction of a value, status, etc.

devaluation

1. A policy undertaken by a nation to reduce the value of its national currency either in relation to gold or in relation to the currencies of other nations.

Other Words From

• mini·de·valu·ation noun
• postde·valu·ation adjective
• prede·valu·ation noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of devaluation¹

First recorded in 1910–15; devaluate + -ion

Example Sentences

These two currents of labor devaluation — of women’s work and of racialized work — converge in caregiving.

From Vox

This devaluation of domestic labor has been racialized from the start.

From Vox

The continued devaluation of caregiving means that turnover for paid caregivers is high.

From Vox

While effective at boosting sales numbers, this widely implemented strategy can result in a disservice to brands and industries that adopt it, as it promotes the perpetual devaluation of goods or services.

From TechCrunch

Experts have warned for years that South Florida is particularly vulnerable to a climate-related real estate devaluation.

From Time

It closed 2013 with 56 per cent inflation, and this year began with a massive devaluation of its currency.

From The Daily Beast

It does no good to goose your manufacturing exports with a devaluation if your manufacturers can't buy raw materials.

From The Daily Beast

Exporters would presumably like that, since it will lead to a devaluation of the shekel.

From The Daily Beast

Not only does this signal a terrifying devaluation of women, it exacerbates the issue.

From The Daily Beast

Inflation in the high-growth economies will change the relative real wages between the counties the same way a devaluation can.

From The Daily Beast

Rouble inflation will not fully reflect the devaluation for a long time.

From Project Gutenberg

They erected defensive barricades of self-aggrandizement and of my devaluation.

From Project Gutenberg

Avoid contentions, divisions and animosities, which too frequently terminate in bloodshed and devaluation.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the day after devaluation, we switch it all back into dollars again.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• decline
• decrease
• reduction
• weakening