Deliberative

Origin

From Middle French délibératif, from Latin deliberativus

Full definition of deliberative

Adjective

1. That deliberates, considers carefully.
• Bancrofta consummate work of deliberative wisdom
• HallamThe court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.
• 2012-01, Steven Sloman, The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation, 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

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.----