Definitions
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- noun plural of
value - noun a collection of guiding
principles ; what one deems to be correct and desirable in life, especially regarding personal conduct.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)
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Examples
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From my place on the spectrum it just looks like a shift in values is needed.
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Not everyone knows that traditional family values is code for sexism and homophobia, and most people don
Alex Blaze: Anti-Gay Ballot Initiatives Hurt Straight People, Too Alex Blaze 2010
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From my place on the spectrum it just looks like a shift in values is needed.
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Family values is code for I am more right wing than you are.
Obama Spokesman Denies Michelle's Speech Was Attack On Hillary 2009
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[]: To me, the term values have ceased to communicate what it might have years ago.
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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.
The Pathfinder Nicholas Lore 1998
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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 1995
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The reader who has stayed with me this far may note how often I have invoked the word values.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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The reader who has stayed with me this far may note how often I have invoked the word values.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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The reader who has stayed with me this far may note how often I have invoked the word values.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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