deliberative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That deliberates, considers carefully.
noun
  1. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
  2. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

deliberative more deliberative most deliberative deliberatives

Etymology

From Middle French délibératif, from Latin deliberativus.

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