Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To regard as of little or no value.
- noun A negative value of something.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To diminish in value; depreciate; disparage.
- noun Disesteem; disregard.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To undervalue; to depreciate.
- noun Disesteem; disregard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To regard something as having little or no
value - noun
harm ,demerit
Etymologies
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Examples
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We will content ourselves with this definition of the two terms, without entering into the problem of the relation between value and disvalue, that is, between the problem of contraries.
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce 1909
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One can disagree with the war and want to bring the troops home, but still not "disvalue" the troops' work.
Obama and the war. Ann Althouse 2007
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That is why everyone is fighting us, and try to somehow criticize and disvalue whatever Ethiopia is doing, he said.
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That is why everyone is fighting us, and try to somehow criticize and disvalue whatever Ethiopia is doing, he said.
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That could help explain the pleasure/pain asymmetry in your intuitions, since the disvalue of pain seems less tied to agency.
Morel’s Machine 2009
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And I don't mean to disvalue what these people are doing, but I do want to take a minute to question why they are able to.
College Candy: Is the New Obsession With 'Fat Shows' Helping or Hurting? College Candy 2011
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People like you, who religiously send your hard earned money into your huge lumbering index fund, get maximum disvalue on the exchange because of hedge funds.
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People like you, who religiously send your hard earned money into your huge lumbering index fund, get maximum disvalue on the exchange because of hedge funds.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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There may be weakness, lack of loyalty to civilization, and compassion for suffering and general disvalue, which would open the gates to it.
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Also, saying that we disvalue hunger equally both days is sort of like asking "Would you like to live today or tomorrow?"
The Myth of Time Preference, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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