overvaluation

plural overvaluations

1. countableuncountableAn instance of overvaluing.

   First, it is obviously of benefit if it corrects a pre-existing overvaluation.

   1957, Rollin George Thomas, Our Modern Banking and Monetary System

   1 more example

   Young-White’s paeans to short kings encourage us to confront society’s overvaluation of men’s height, and recognize the guys under 6ft whose positive attitudes render them nothing short of regal. A short king isn’t just any male-presenting person of modest stature – it’s someone who has the strength of character to flourish in the face of conventional male beauty standards.

   2019 June 21, Adrienne Matei, “In praise of short men: will the rise of ‘short kings’ spell the fall of toxic masculinity?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020

   Synonyms: overevaluation