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value system

American  
[val-yoo sis-tuhm] / ˈvæl ju ˈsɪs təm /

noun

  • value systems
    plural
  1. a set of principles held by an individual or by a group of people concerning what is important and what is right or wrong.


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MP: I built what I call a 10-3-1, which is, “What is your mission and your vision and your value system for yourself, and then what is your one-year, three-year, 10-year outlook of that vision?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Talarico "was a public-school teacher in San Antonio before he was a politician. That's not a resume line. That's a value system," Cogdell said in a statement to AFP.

From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026

"We cannot realize more positive health outcomes if our food system remains broken and lacks an embedded value system."

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2024

When a customer shopped there "you bought into a value system which she stood for and you wanted to be part of her gang", said Ms Portas.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2024

It wasn’t a question of estrangement—Jesse was quite close to members of his family, fractured though it was—but of a different value system.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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