"hypervaluation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hypervaluations [plural]
Etymology: hypervalue (“to value extremely highly or closely”) + -ation, or equivalently, hyper- (“over, above, beyond, excessive”) + valuation Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hypervalue|-ation|t1=to value extremely highly or closely}} hypervalue (“to value extremely highly or closely”) + -ation, {{prefix|en|hyper-|valuation|t1=over, above, beyond, excessive}} hyper- (“over, above, beyond, excessive”) + valuation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hypervaluation (countable and uncountable, plural hypervaluations)
  1. (countable) An excessive estimation of the worth of something; extreme valuation. Tags: countable Synonyms: overvaluation
    Sense id: en-hypervaluation-en-noun-ZNU3RqLF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hyper-, English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hyper-: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 52 48
  2. (uncountable) The state of something being valued extremely highly. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-hypervaluation-en-noun-t9mGC6pZ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 52 48

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