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value-system

value-system

18 5.2
A set of ideas about what is right and wrong that guides a person or group
  • noun
  • /ˈvæljuː ˈsɪstəm/
translation icon : sistema de valores
  • A person's value system often reflects their beliefs about what is right and wrong.
  • different value systems
  • traditional value system
  • own value system

Now maybe Rally's value system was home making.

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Examples

  • In response to blocked labor market opportunities, young Black men create their own value system of what work means.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Different parents have different value systems, and that's understood.

  • And kind of this, this, this value system I learned from sports.

  • And to have like a dead set value system is pretty hard.

  • So they give us a value system that would support existing structures.

  • In fact, the whole value system tries to move the kids to university.

    Academic text (1993)
  • And I'm creating a group of people who share the same value system as I do.

  • College students' ideas about food are embedded in the value system of U.S. society.

    Academic text (1992)
  • And we were having great difficulty assimilating them into the value system of the host societies.

  • We live in a pluralistic society reflecting many different cultures, value systems, and lifestyles.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

ethics
vsvalue-system
584 4.2

Moral rules that tell people what is right and wrong and the study of those rules

focuses on practical standards people use to judge right and wrong
ethic
vsvalue-system
79 4.4

A set of moral rules that guide how a person or group behaves

emphasizes standards for judging right and wrong rather than general guidance
values
vsvalue-system
11 3.4

Ideas about what is important and how to behave

limits this to standards used to decide right and wrong specifically
morals
vsvalue-system
1 2.3

Ideas about what is right and wrong that guide how people behave

focuses on using standards to decide right and wrong
value orientation
vsvalue-system
6.4

A person's or group's beliefs about right and wrong that guide their choices

stresses standards used to judge right and wrong rather than accepted attitudes

How Strong

value-system
18 5.2
amorality
2 8.2

Surface Forms

value-system singular
value-systems plural

Morphology

value-system = value + system (transparent) = value + system

The meaning is directly derived from the components 'value' (principles) + 'system' (organized set), so learners can infer the sense.

Etymology

Value-system combines value, from an old word meaning 'worth' and seen in valuable, and system, from a Greek word meaning 'a connected set' and seen in computer system. So a value-system is an organized set of beliefs about what people think is important, right, or wrong.