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名詞

overvaluation (countable and uncountable, plural overvaluations)

1. An instance of overvaluing.

   Synonym: overevaluation

   • 1957, Rollin George Thomas, Our Modern Banking and Monetary System:

     First, it is obviously of benefit if it corrects a pre-existing overvaluation.

   • 2019 June 21, Adrienne Matei, “In praise of short men: will the rise of ‘short kings’ spell the fall of toxic masculinity?”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 6 August 2020:

     Young-White’s paeans to short kings encourage us to confront society’s overvaluation of men’s height, and recognize the guys under 6ft whose positive attitudes render them nothing short of regal. A short king isn’t just any male-presenting person of modest stature – it’s someone who has the strength of character to flourish in the face of conventional male beauty standards.