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  • noun Marxism realisation of capital, creation of surplus value, self-expansion of capital, increase in value

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Examples

  • This is my question today: Newspapers and magazines have been mentioning the word valorisation a lot.

    RIA Novosti 2009

  • Quite apart from the fact that taking naked pictures of someone without their consent is totally sexual assault and I don't like the valorisation of sexual assult, this "solution" is all about taking advantage of the dominant narrative that girls having sex is disgaceful.

    In Conclusion, I Hate You All karenhealey 2010

  • A clue to this apparent contradiction may be found in Ai's valorisation of people over objects.

    Ai Weiwei: the dissident artist 2011

  • When the zealots of the world see liberal society as a new Sodom (or Babylon, for that matter), then to say that one is a Sodomite, a citizen of Sodom, becomes, I think, an act of reclamation, of valorisation.

    THE.... Sodomite Hal Duncan!! Hal Duncan 2008

  • When the zealots of the world see liberal society as a new Sodom (or Babylon, for that matter), then to say that one is a Sodomite, a citizen of Sodom, becomes, I think, an act of reclamation, of valorisation.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Hal Duncan 2008

  • So I'm using the term not with any implied pejorative or valorisation--merely for the sake of differentiation.

    TONIGHT ON THE TERRORDOME: The Five Percent Nation of Gods and Earths 2009

  • Parmi celles-ci : la nouvelle donne américaine et internationale qui découle de l'élection de Barack Obama, la valorisation du capital humain, les nouveaux leviers financiers et l'innovation sous toutes ses formes.

    Archive 2009-02-23 2009

  • Le paysan nouveau est l'entrepreneur nouveau et la valorisation des agro-ressources va permettre leur essor.

    Archive 2009-04-10 2009

  • En contre partie on peut y puiser en considérant l'Internet gratuit comme une source de matière première permettant une valorisation financière sur un autre plan formation, conseil, écriture,….

    Donnant-donnant — Climb to the Stars 2006

  • Still, I had the fun of playing at valorisation games.

    The Price of Serenity? 2006

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