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value statement

value statement noun: a non-descriptive statement.

Noun

value statement (plural value statements)

  1. A non-descriptive statement.
    • How do we recognize a value statement? How can we distinguish a value statement from a descriptive one? Are value statements those characterized by involving opinions or judgments?1995, Warren A. Shibles, Emotion in Aesthetics
    • This is obviously and explicitly a value statement: Stoller's contention is that ethnography is the most valuable part of anthropology and that it should be more highly valued by anthropologists.1997, James William Lett, Science, Reason, and Anthropology: The Principles of Rational Inquiry
  2. An organisation's statement of its ethical values, complementary to mission statement and vision statement.

Examples of value statement in a sentence

  • This means that in case you have a value statement as a consequence of your reasoning, there must have been at least one value statement among your premises.1998, Arto Siitonen, “The Ontology of Facts and Values”, in Axel Wüstehube, Michael Quante, editors, Pragmatic idealism: Critical Essays on...
  • A very natural value statement might occur if I were to say, "Rem, you ought to try Vermont wildflower seeds.2001, Thomas M. Dicken, Rem Blanchard Edwards, Dialogues on Values and Centers of Value: Old Friends, New Thoughts:

Forms of value statement

pluralvalue statements

Questions about value statement

What does value statement mean?
Value statement means a non-descriptive statement.
How do you use value statement in a sentence?
This means that in case you have a value statement as a consequence of your reasoning, there must have been at least one value statement among your premises.
What part of speech is value statement?
Value statement is a noun.
What is the plural of value statement?
The plural of value statement is value statements.

Words near value statement in the dictionary

  1. value raise
  2. value raised
  3. value raises
  4. value raising
  5. value restriction
  6. value statement
  7. value statements
  8. value system
  9. value systems
  10. value theories
  11. value theory

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