Meaning of hypervalue | Babel Free
Definitions
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A value more important or beyond an ordinary value. countable
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An extreme amount of value. uncountable
Examples
“Who gets how much of these is no longer organized according to the hypervalue that the physician's presence, in itself, can be healing.”
“Hypervalues are those values that inform secondary, derivative values. Hypervalues are appealed to in defence of these secondary values, but they themselves have no further appeal.”
“But it is not only this functional explanation that allows us to understand the hypervalue attached to archeology.”
“America’s currency is used extensively to buy and sell goods around the world, and its hypervalue is exacerbating the pain of surging prices for energy and other imports caused by the war in Ukraine and the pandemic.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.