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disvalue
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dis·val·ue  (ds-vly)
tr.v. dis·val·ued, dis·val·u·ing, dis·val·ues
1. To regard as of little or no value.
2. Archaic To disparage.
n.
1. A negative value of something.
2. Obsolete Disesteem.


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There are also disvalues to be avoided, including being meretricious, unjust, undignified, and hard of heart.
Gyekye agrees with Oduyoye when he states, "In talking about cultural values, I do not imply by any means that there are no cultural disvalues or negative features of the African [traditional] cultures.
The fact that this new form of compassion can kill is only one side of the problem; the other is that it can drive out true compassion, which springs from love and values the person more than it disvalues the pain.
 
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