Deliberative Definition

dĭ-lĭbə-rātĭv, -ər-ə-tĭv
adjective
Assembled or organized for deliberation or debate.
A deliberative legislature.
American Heritage
Of or for deliberating.
A deliberative assembly.
Webster's New World
Characterized by or resulting from deliberation.
Webster's New World

That deliberates, considers carefully.

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noun

A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.

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A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.

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Other Word Forms of Deliberative

Noun

Singular:
deliberative
Plural:
deliberatives

Origin of Deliberative

  • From Middle French délibératif, from Latin deliberativus

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Deliberative Sentence Examples

  • They were supported by a deliberative assembly, called credenza, chosen from the more distinguished citizens.

  • This is a purely deliberative conclave, worked by committees, and all its legislation has to be confirmed by the two Associations before it can have any force or be legal.

  • As the rational is either deliberative or scientific, either practical or speculative intellect, there are two virtues of the intellect - prudence of the deliberative or practical, and wisdom of the scientific or speculative, intellect.

  • As the only deliberative body in which most Greek communities were represented, its decisions were those of the bulk of the Hellenic people.

  • In other respects the functions of the council seem to have been of a deliberative character.

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