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judgmental

[ juhj-men-tl ]
/ dʒʌdʒˈmɛn tl /
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adjective
involving the use or exercise of judgment.
tending to make quick and excessively critical judgments, especially moral ones:to avoid a judgmental approach in dealing with divorced couples.
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Also especially British, judge·men·tal .

Origin of judgmental

First recorded in 1905–10; judgment + -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM judgmental

judg·men·tal·ly, adverbun·judg·men·tal, adjective
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Words related to judgmental

subjective, approximate, capricious, discretionary, erratic, fanciful, frivolous, inconsistent, injudicious, irrational, irresponsible, offhand, optional, personal, random, supercilious, superficial, unaccountable, unreasonable, unscientific

British Dictionary definitions for judgmental

judgmental

judgemental

/ (dʒʌdʒˈmɛntəl) /
adjective
of or denoting an attitude in which judgments about other people's conduct are made
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