DISVALUE


Meaning of DISVALUE in English

I. dəs, (ˈ)dis+ transitive verb

Etymology: dis- (I) + value (v.)

1. archaic : undervalue , depreciate

2. : to consider of little value : disesteem

in civilized man the variety of the valued and disvalued increases greatly — E.L.Thorndike

II. noun

Etymology: dis- (I) + value (n.)

1. obsolete : disesteem , disregard

2. : a negative value ; specifically : one that is positively detrimental (as an evil)

has chosen on the contrary to pair every value exactly with its corresponding disvalue — P.B.Rice

the artist, in projecting an individual experience, or his own interpretation of it, is indicating values to be salvaged, disvalues to be avoided — Journal of Aesthetics

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