deliberative

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Definition of deliberative

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. That deliberates, considers carefully.
    “[T]he court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.”
    “A good system would have been a consummate work of deliberative wisdom”
    “Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.”
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adj

  1. That deliberates, considers carefully.
    “[T]he court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.”
    “A good system would have been a consummate work of deliberative wisdom”
    “Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.”

noun

  1. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
    “A conclusion in a deliberative”
  2. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle French délibératif, from Latin deliberativus.

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