judgmental

[ juhj-men-tl ]
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adjective
  1. involving the use or exercise of judgment.

  2. tending to make quick and excessively critical judgments, especially moral ones:to avoid a judgmental approach in dealing with divorced couples.

Origin of judgmental

1
First recorded in 1905–10; judgment + -al1
  • Also especially British, judge·men·tal .

Other words from judgmental

  • judg·men·tal·ly, adverb
  • un·judg·men·tal, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for judgmental

judgmental

judgemental

/ (dʒʌdʒˈmɛntəl) /


adjective
  1. of or denoting an attitude in which judgments about other people's conduct are made

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