[TRANS- 1.] An alteration of values; revaluation. So Transvalue v. trans., to alter the value of, to re-value; Transvaluer.
1896. T. Common, trans. Nietzsche’s Twilight of the Idols, 135. In my mouth, that formula transforms into its inversion—the first example of my ‘Transvaluation of all Values.’
1898. Contemp. Rev., May, 738. The transvaluation of all values—the reversal of all accepted ideals.
1906. Q. Rev., Jan., 64. A certain ‘transvaluation’ of the traditional judgments about the comparative merits of various tendencies in Greek philosophy.
1908. Mozley, in Contemp. Rev., April, 425. Christianity … is the real transvaluer of all values.
1911. Daily News, 20 Oct., 5. On such an island … all moral values would have to be transvalued.
