valence

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When we talk about something in economic terms, it really doesn’t have much moral valence.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Audiences from all backgrounds found valence to a story that I found to be more about assimilation than antisemitism.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

Dahlia Lithwick: I would love for you to talk about religion, because there’s such a strong religious valence to so much of this much.

From Slate • May 8, 2024

"But the situation where a particular valence weighting bias is likely to be problematic is going to vary."

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2024

Egged on by scheming courtiers and generals, relations between Atawallpa and Washkar spent several years swinging through the emotional valence from concealed suspicion to overt hostility.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann