MEANING
Concerned with discussion or consideration before a decision.
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Words that belong together
- deliberative body
- deliberative process
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The deliberative process slowed the decision but exposed its assumptions.
She asked whether the council remained a deliberative body.
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- deliberative
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more deliberative; superlative most deliberative where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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