misvalue

misvalue
To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.

Gombrich generalizes his argument: all norms of progress misvalue art by over-rating their own achievement, under-rating other styles, and by viewing previous styles as precursors to their own work.


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  • Misvalue — Mis*val ue, v. t. To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue. [1913 Webster] But for I am so young, I dread my work Wot be misvalued both of old and young. W. Browne. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • misvalue — [mis′val′yo͞o, misval′yo͞o] vt. misvalued, misvaluing to fail to value properly or adequately …   English World dictionary

  • misvalue — v.t., misvalued, misvaluing. * * * …   Universalium

  • misvalue — mis·value …   English syllables

  • misvalue — /mɪsˈvælju/ (say mis valyooh) verb (t) (misvalued, misvaluing) to value wrongly …  

  • misvalue — (ˈ)mis+ transitive verb Etymology: mis (I) + value : to value wrongly; especially : undervalue neglected and misvalued his work for many years …   Useful english dictionary

  • err — Synonyms and related words: backslide, be in error, be mistaken, be wrong, blunder, bungle, commit sin, degenerate, deviate, divagate, do amiss, do wrong, drift, excurse, fall, fall into error, foozle, go adrift, go amiss, go astray, go awry, go… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • miscalculate — Synonyms and related words: deviate, discount, disregard, err, fall into error, go amiss, go astray, go awry, go wrong, judge amiss, lapse, misappreciate, miscompute, misconjecture, misconstrue, miscount, misdeem, misesteem, misestimate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • misconstrue — Synonyms and related words: bias, color, contort, distort, err, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, judge amiss, misapply, misappreciate, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscite, miscompute, misconceive, misconjecture, misdeem, misdirect,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • misinterpret — Synonyms and related words: bias, bugger up, color, contort, distort, err, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, judge amiss, make a miscue, make a mistake, misapply, misappreciate, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscite, miscompute, misconceive …   Moby Thesaurus

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