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.

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Other Word Forms

• decision-maker
  noun

Etymology

Origin of decision-making

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

decision-making

The study also offers researchers new ways to describe human decision-making more realistically.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

Adding third-party capital and credit decision-making “should arguably alleviate circularity concerns…while admittedly polarizing the debate,” Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore wrote Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Some of the students also said they did not feel that the government listened to their concerns and they felt they had a lack of influence over decision-making.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Certainly not, for the basic reason that a pluralistic legislature lacks the singular, hierarchical decision-making that a president brings to bear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The old and the new leadership meshed very well, aind the decision-making process was collective as it had been before.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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