revalorize
verb
                                                                                                                            
                                                            re·val·o·rize
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  (ˌ)rē-ˈva-lə-ˌrīz  
                                                      
                                                          
            
            
              revalorized; revalorizing            
        
    
                                
              
          
                                                      : to assign new merit or value to (something) : revalidate                                      
              
                             
Last year's Raysse retrospective at the Centre Pompidou revalorized his early Pop works, but it didn't do much for the later figurative paintings.— Artforum
Artforum
                         
                
                    
                                                      revalorization
                        
                                      noun
                                                                                                                                  
                        
                        
     plural revalorizations
                                                            
          
         
                        We need a revalorization of the trades that would allow students to enter those fields without social prejudice …    
        
        
            — Camille Paglia
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