value judgment

noun

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

Meanings

nounvalue judgment (plural value judgments)

plural value judgments · alternative value judgement

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

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian съждение
  • съждение (săždenie)judgment
Catalan judici de valor
  • judici de valorjudgment
Chinese Mandarin 價值判斷 /价值判断
  • 價值判斷 /价值判断 (jiàzhí pànduàn)judgment
Czech hodnotový soud, hodnotící soud
  • hodnotový soudjudgment
  • hodnotící soudjudgment
Dutch waardeoordeel
  • waardeoordeeljudgment
Estonian väärtushinnang
  • väärtushinnangjudgment
Finnish arvovalinta
  • arvovalintajudgment
French jugement de valeur
  • jugement de valeurjudgment
German Werturteil
  • Werturteiljudgment
Italian giudizio di valore
  • giudizio di valorejudgment
Polish ocena wartościująca
  • ocena wartościującajudgment
Portuguese juízo de valor
  • juízo de valorjudgment
Russian оце́ночное сужде́ние
  • оце́ночное сужде́ние (océnočnoje suždénije)judgment
Spanish juicio de valor, juzgamiento valorativo
  • juicio de valorjudgment
  • juzgamiento valorativojudgment
  • juzgamiento normativojudgment
Swedish värdeomdöme
  • värdeomdömejudgment
Turkish değer yargısı
  • değer yargısıjudgment
Ukrainian оці́ночне су́дження
  • оці́ночне су́дження (ocínočne súdžennja)judgment
Cite this entry
APA

value judgment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/value%20judgment

MLA

“value judgment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/value%20judgment. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “value judgment,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/value%20judgment.

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