transvalue

[ trans-val-yoo, tranz- ]

/ trænsˈvæl yu, trænz- /

verb (used with object), trans·val·ued, trans·val·u·ing.

to reestimate the value of, especially on a basis differing from accepted standards; reappraise; reevaluate.

Words nearby transvalue

transvaal daisy, transvaal jade, transvaaler, transvaalian, transvaginal, transvalue, transvector, transversal, transverse, transverse amputation, transverse arch

Origin of transvalue

First recorded in 1905–10; trans- + value

OTHER WORDS FROM transvalue

trans·val·u·a·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for transvaluation

I could only designate this dream displacement as the transvaluation of psychical values.
Dream Psychology|Sigmund Freud
The transvaluation of critical values must follow in the trail of revolutions.
Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker
The transvaluation of values was performed by many hands into all sorts of combinations.
A Preface to Politics|Walter Lippmann
But all this is in the main nothing but recreation beside the main thing: the name of the latter is Transvaluation of all Values.
Friedrich Nietzsche|Georg Brandes

Already they are working at the transvaluation of all feeling in the European sense.
mile Verhaeren|Stefan Zweig

British Dictionary definitions for transvaluation

transvalue

/ (trænzˈvæljuː) /

verb -ues, -uing or -ued

(tr) to evaluate by a principle that varies from the accepted standards

Derived forms of transvalue

transvaluation, nountransvaluer, noun

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