value judg·ment value judgments in BRIT, also use value judgement If you make a value judgment about something, you form an opinion about it based on your principles and beliefs and not on facts which can be checked or proved. Social scientists have grown extremely unwilling to make value judgments about cultures. A judgment that assigns a value, as to an object or action; a subjective evaluation. a decision or judgment about how good something is, based on your personal opinions not facts