OVERVALUATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overvaluation mean? 

• OVERVALUATION (noun)
  The noun OVERVALUATION has 2 senses:

1. an appraisal that is too high

2. too high a value or price assigned to something

  Familiarity information: OVERVALUATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERVALUATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An appraisal that is too high

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

overappraisal; overestimate; overestimation; overvaluation

Hypernyms ("overvaluation" is a kind of...):

appraisal; estimate; estimation (a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation))

Derivation:

overvalue (assign too high a value to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Too high a value or price assigned to something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("overvaluation" is a kind of...):

evaluation; rating; valuation (an appraisal of the value of something)

Derivation:

overvalue (assign too high a value to)