Definition of "valorize" []

• To establish and maintain the price of (a commodity) by governmental action. (verb-transitive)
• To give or assign a value to: "The prophets valorized history” ( Mircea Eliade). (verb-transitive)

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• "Perhaps it is too much to ask that the editors of these pages more often consider art over commerce, the interests of literature over the interests of the status quo, but must they so consistently valorize the mediocre?"
• "Legal defenses of fandom find themselves tempted to valorize the individual genius of the fan author."
• "Some valorize community over the form of the work produced."