Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. plural of value
- n. a collection of guiding principles; what one deems to be correct and desirable in life, especially regarding personal conduct.
WordNet 3.0
- n. beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)
Examples
“From my place on the spectrum it just looks like a shift in values is needed.”
“Not everyone knows that traditional family values is code for sexism and homophobia, and most people don”
The Huffington Post: Alex Blaze: Anti-Gay Ballot Initiatives Hurt Straight People, Too
“Family values is code for I am more right wing than you are.”
Obama Spokesman Denies Michelle's Speech Was Attack On Hillary
“[]: To me, the term values have ceased to communicate what it might have years ago.”
“Attempting to become clear about your values and then making career decisions appropriate to them is extremely difficult so long as what you call your values are an undifferentiated mass.”
“He did that by using the term values, which deliberately relativized it rather than the old term virtues.”
The De-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values
“The reader who has stayed with me this far may note how often I have invoked the word values.”
“However, using an expert to represent your values is an efficient alternative.”
“Don't think that the death of their world and their values is an established fact.”
“They're looking for what they call a values voter candidate.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘values’.
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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Society
social work, coverage, affiliate, social security, ambulance, clinic, health, insurance, emergency, mail, letter, envelope and 101 more...
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AFCO - fundamental rights
as enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
servitude, register, rule of law, protocol, preamble, pluralism, orientation, placement, parental, inviolable, ombudsman, health care and 357 more...
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art & art historical
chiaroscuro, architrave, column, capital, corinthian, dorice, entablature, frieze, ionic, sketch, abecedarian, abstraction and 124 more...
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Orwellian Purism
Words and phrases George Orwell criticizes in his essay 'Politics and the English Language'.
ring the changes on, take up the cudge..., toe the line, ride roughshod over, stand shoulder to..., play into the han..., no axe to grind, grist to the mill, fishing in troubl..., on the order of t..., Achilles’ heel, swan song and 162 more...
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POL - campaign tokenisms
Positive words and vague promises. THE words and expressions to use when you want to win over the masses or just don't know what to say.
"CAPITAL" stands for the administrative capital...grow, greatest country, greatest, grow the economy, great nation, great decisions, great, government, great NATIONAL su..., good times, good job, good and generous... and 751 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...conferral, stateless, person, voting, right, subsidiarity, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia and 2614 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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Lifehacking
Start with the effect, the what; signal-patch known-belief spirit. "Write my program, routine me." New cue vs brand loyalty. Ritual Ceremony Design Technologies, Inc.
confusion, misdirection, fractionation, disequilibrium, relaxation, repetition, impassioned, intensity, suddenly, shock, concentration, focus and 118 more...
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National Library Agenda Summit
nla2006, summit, agenda, library, ala, diversity, education, learning, continuous, scan, environmental, plan and 646 more...
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Systems of Survival
Words from the book by Jane Jacobs.
Jane Jacobs, Systems of Survival, system, survival, Ralph Waldo Emerson, morals, values, territories, trade, working life, loyal, honest and 123 more...
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List.001
New word list
imperative, republic, subtle, Androgynous, licentious, auspices, avengeance, cabal, sibilant, Entropy, caduceus, ludicrous, and 170 more...
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Euphemisms
Mostly awful and political.
information campaign, enemy combatant, person of interest, collateral damage, friendly fire, detention centre, children overboard, asylum seeker, health care, national interest, economic management, redeployment and 114 more...
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cringewordie
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recoil, gentleman, purchase, capitalize, rejoice, instigate, foliage, service, categorically, values, professional, tasteful and 7 more...
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Self-concept
Regarding self-identify.
personal identity, self-referential ..., self-schema, sense of possibility, values, abilities, deservingness, timeline, personal narrative, self image, self-esteem, gender identity and 27 more...
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