revaluation
/ɹivˈæljuˈeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process of altering the relative value of a currency or other standard of exchange.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A reassessment of the value or worth of something; a reappraisal or reevaluation.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "After the new party took power, the government declared a revaluation of the currency in an attempt to limit runaway inflation."
- "After the soldiers raided her farm for supplies, she was forced to a revaluation of their benefit as protectors."
- "It is, then, for the sake of the “higher” man that the values of Christian morality must be abandoned, and it is from this perspective that the revaluation of values takes place."
- "The conclusion of this discussion must be that Nietzsche’s “revaluation of values” is a most complex matter, and there is no single answer to the question as to what he was attacking or as to what the basis might be for the attack."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English valuation English revaluation From re- + valuation.
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- British usage