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decisional en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • [dɪˈsɪʒənəɫ] (Australia, Canada, UK, US)

Etymology

From decision + -al.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to decisions.
    • Subjects characterized as having achieved decisional equilibrium were well distributed throughout the range of decisional situations, although none of these individuals participated in more than nine different decisions. 1972, J. A. Alutto, J. A. Belasco, “A Typology for Participation in Organizational Decision Making”, in Administrative Science Quarterly, volume 17, number 1, page 119:
  2. (not-comparable) Having the power or authority to make decisions.
    • The procedures should also make plain that a decisional official, whether or not challenged, may voluntarily abstain from participating in a particular proceeding. 1980, P. L. Strauss, “Disqualifications of Decisional Officials in Rulemaking”, in Columbia Law Review, volume 80, number 5, page 1050:

Deriveds

predecisional · decisional law · postdecisional · decisionally · extradecisional

Translations (9)

it decisionale (of or pertaining to decisions) · fr décisionnel (of or pertaining to decisions) · fi päättävä (having the power or authority to make decisions) · ro decizional (having the power or authority to make decisions) · it decisionale (having the power or authority to make decisions) · de Entscheidungs- (of or pertaining to decisions) · fi päätös- (of or pertaining to decisions) · pl decyzyjny (of or pertaining to decisions) · ro decizional (of or pertaining to decisions)