deliberative
Americanadjective
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having the function of deliberating, as a legislative assembly.
a deliberative body.
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having to do with policy; dealing with the wisdom and expediency of a proposal.
a deliberative speech.
adjective
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involved in, organized for, or having the function of deliberating
a deliberative assembly
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characterized by or resulting from deliberation
a deliberative conclusion
Other Word Forms
- deliberatively adverb
- deliberativeness noun
- undeliberative adjective
- undeliberatively adverb
- undeliberativeness noun
Etymology
Origin of deliberative
1545–55; < Latin dēlīberātīvus, equivalent to dēlīberāt ( us ) ( deliberate ) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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Then the more deliberative System 2 thinking will kick in, where we consider more variables, including our own biases and those of others.
Esteemed horror veteran Mike Flanagan is an executive producer and you can sense Stuckmann grabbing aimlessly in the last third for the kind of sickly visual elegance that is Flanagan’s deliberative style.
From Los Angeles Times
But deliberative democracy also shapes the way all neighbors or citizens treat each other, whether on the street or at the dinner table.
From Salon
I believe that when we are measured and deliberative and we are calm — and we are not mercurial, not raging — we can make more sound decisions because we’re operating using our cortex.
From Salon
“These processes are deliberative, thorough, and intended to bring substantive change to how we serve our residents.”
From Los Angeles Times
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