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English
Etymology
Middle French délibératif, from Latin deliberativus
Adjective
deliberative (comparative more deliberative, superlative most deliberative)
- That deliberates, considers carefully.
1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:a consummate work of deliberative wisdom
1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. , volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, , →OCLC:The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.
2012 January, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 8 January 2012, page 74: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
deliberative (plural deliberatives)
- A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
- A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.
Italian
Adjective
deliberative
- feminine plural of deliberativo
Latin
Adjective
dēlīberātīve
- vocative masculine singular of dēlīberātīvus