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commensuration.

Noun
Academic
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The conversion of different things into units or values that can be compared together.

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  • economic commensuration
  • commensuration of values

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The study questioned the commensuration of cultural value through money.
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commensuration

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Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: uncommon.

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