Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devalorise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-val-orise
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of devalorize.

Example Sentences

"As Floya Anthias argues in her chapter, there is a need to fight against all those constructions of difference and identity that exclude and devalorise, and against all those social practices that construct identities and differences in naturalised, collectivised and binary ways and in terms of hierarchical otherness, unequal resource allocation and modes of inferiorisation (see also Anthias 1998a)."
"However, they may valorise or devalorise themselves in the drawing (Braun-Galkowska 1991)."
"This interest centres on commercial disequalibriums which devalorise capital and endanger the traditional living standards of workers."

Etymology

From de- + valorise.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Inflected Forms

devalorises (present, singular) devalorising (participle, present) devalorised (participle, past) devalorised (past)

Questions

What does devalorise mean?: Alternative form of devalorize.
Where does devalorise come from?: From de- + valorise.

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