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OVERVALUATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Too high a value or price assigned to something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("overvaluation" is a kind of...):

evaluation; rating; valuation (an appraisal of the value of something)

Derivation:

overvalue (assign too high a value to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An appraisal that is too high

Synonyms:

overappraisal; overestimate; overestimation; overvaluation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("overvaluation" is a kind of...):

appraisal; estimate; estimation (a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation))

Derivation:

overvalue (assign too high a value to)

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