decision-making

American  

[dih-sizh-uhn-mey-king] / dɪˈsɪʒ ənˌmeɪ kɪŋ /

Or decision making or decisionmaking

noun

1. the act or process of making choices or decisions with a group of people, especially in business or politics (often used attributively).

   decision-making skills.

---

Other Word Forms

• decision-maker noun

Etymology

Origin of decision-making

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

But if they cede too much responsibility to AI, that could lead to deficiencies in critical regulations and run afoul of a requirement that federal rules be built on reasoned decision-making.

From Salon

In a packed, brightly-lit hall, young and old women, and some men, from across Syria, are gathered to celebrate the end of the old order, and to strategise about strengthening the role of women at all levels of decision-making.

From BBC

Kabawat exclaims in approval as another, Ghufran, wags her finger for emphasis: "We either occupy a space where we hold all the decision-making power, or we don't want to be in that space at all."

From BBC

What I would see were many women working in clubs doing lots of things that were decision-making but not being recognized.

From BBC

By gutting the military’s top decision-making body, Thompson noted, Xi will have a harder time with command and control, creating the operational risk of a leader trying to command a million-man army through a “one-man committee.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• answerable
• culpable
• guilty
• liable
• pledged
• subject