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deliberative

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1. deliberative - Noun

2. deliberative - Adjective

3. deliberative - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed. John Rawls

The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable government. But slow moving is not the same as immobile. John Danforth

Terrorism is not a matter that can be left to law enforcement, with its deliberative process, built-in delays, and safeguards that may let the prisoner go free on procedural grounds. George Shultz

For all its shortcomings, Wikipedia does have strong governance and deliberative mechanisms; anyone who has ever followed discussions on Wikipedia's mailing lists will confirm that its moderators and administrators openly discuss controversial issues on a regular basis. Evgeny Morozov

The future regulatory arrangements for the newspaper industry need to be done in a much calmer deliberative way, in slower time when we've got beyond this media firestorm. Thomas Watson, Jr.

PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument as, 'He presided at the piccolo.' Ambrose Bierce

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