Phrase guide

value judgment

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A judgment of the rightness or wrongness of something, based on a particular set of values or on a particular value system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: value judgement

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: judgment, judgement, assessment

Narrower terms: moralism

History

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: съждение (sǎždenie) — judgment
  • Catalan: judici de valor — judgment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 價值判斷 /价值判断 (jiàzhí pànduàn) — judgment
  • Czech: hodnotový soud — judgment
  • Czech: hodnotící soud — judgment
  • Dutch: waardeoordeel — judgment
  • Estonian: väärtushinnang — judgment
  • Finnish: arvovalinta — judgment
  • French: jugement de valeur — judgment
  • German: Werturteil — judgment
  • Italian: giudizio di valore — judgment
  • Polish: ocena wartościująca — judgment
  • Portuguese: juízo de valor — judgment
  • Russian: оце́ночное сужде́ние (océnočnoje suždénije) — judgment
  • Spanish: juicio de valor — judgment
  • Spanish: juzgamiento valorativo — judgment
  • Spanish: juzgamiento normativo — judgment
  • Swedish: värdeomdöme — judgment
  • Turkish: değer yargısı — judgment
  • Ukrainian: оці́ночне су́дження (ocínočne súdžennja) — judgment