Value-laden

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Involving subjective moral evaluations, especially when these evaluations are implicit and unexamined.

    ""The term 'crisis' is contested by some Western scholars, who would prefer the less value-laden term 'disequilibrium'.""

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""The term 'crisis' is contested by some Western scholars, who would prefer the less value-laden term 'disequilibrium'.""

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