valorize

especially British, val·or·ise

[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

/ ˈvæləˌraɪz /

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• valorization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of valorize¹

First recorded in 1905–10; from Late Latin valor “worth” ( valor ) + -ize

Word History and Origins

Origin of valorize¹

C20: back formation from valorization; see _valour

Example Sentences

She put employers on notice that they will be held legally accountable if their employees refuse to serve people who wish to valorize Kirk.

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Country music has long been a conservative cultural touchstone, valorizing patriotism, liberty and small-town Americana.

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The conservatism of the "Jesus glow" TikTok is evident in the way it valorizes conformity and "traditional" gender over creative self-expression.

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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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