decisional

English

Etymology

From decision +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): [dɪˈsɪʒənəɫ]

Adjective

decisional (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to 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:

     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.

2. Having the power or authority to make decisions.
   • 1980, P. L. Strauss, “Disqualifications of Decisional Officials in Rulemaking”, in Columbia Law Review, volume 80, number 5, page 1050:

     The procedures should also make plain that a decisional official, whether or not challenged, may voluntarily abstain from participating in a particular proceeding.

Derived terms

• decisional law
• decisionally
• extradecisional
• postdecisional
• predecisional

Translations

of or pertaining to decisions

Finnish: päätös- French: décisionnel (fr) German: Entscheidungs- Italian: decisionale (it) Polish: decyzyjny (pl) Romanian: decizional (ro)

having the power or authority to make decisions

Finnish: päättävä (fi) Italian: decisionale (it) Romanian: decizional (ro)

Anagrams

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Spanish

Adjective

decisional m or f (masculine and feminine plural decisionales)

1. decisional