Dictionary

overvaluation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English valuation English overvaluation From over- + valuation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An instance of overvaluing.
   • 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:
   • First, it is obviously of benefit if it corrects a pre-existing overvaluation. 1957, Rollin George Thomas, Our Modern Banking and Monetary System:

Forms

Synonyms

overevaluation

Translations (5)

it supervalutazione (an instance of overvaluing) · gl sobrevaloración (an instance of overvaluing) · es sobrevaloración (an instance of overvaluing) · fr surévaluation (an instance of overvaluing) · pl przecenienie (an instance of overvaluing)