Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or relating to a decision; authoritative.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
decisions . - adjective Having the
power orauthority to make decisions.
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Examples
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In other words, the decision of the believer is the key step in salvation; this is a doctrine known as decisional regeneration and it underlies all that I have ever found problematic in evangelicalism - from that first conversation about Gandhi onwards.
Some thoughts about evangelism and salvation Sam Norton 2006
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This news Google product is a new category of social network called decisional social network.
Bits 2009
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This news Google product is a new category of social network called decisional social network.
Bits 2009
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Fruitfully, it unpacks the often-fuzzy idea of "privacy" with reference to the legal traditions of the UK, the US and other jurisdictions, arguing that "the generous extension of privacy to 'decisional' matters (abortion, contraception, sexual preference) and the (understandable) conflation with freedom and autonomy that it engenders, is a mistake"; the emphasis should be instead on the protection of "personal information".
Technology news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Steven Poole 2010
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A U.S. military official used the term "decisional" to describe Monday evening's meeting among Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Gates, Clinton, National Security Adviser Jim Jones,
MyDD 2009
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It also emphasized that the review should occur during "pre-decisional exhibit planning."
Critics Wary Of New Smithsonian Review Policy Josh Fleet 2011
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It also emphasized that the review should occur during "pre-decisional exhibit planning."
Bill Donohue Wary Of New Smithsonian Review Policy Josh Fleet 2011
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It also emphasized that the review should occur during "pre-decisional exhibit planning."
Bill Donohue Wary Of New Smithsonian Review Policy Josh Fleet 2011
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It also sounds from the post and responding comments that the whole thing is pre-decisional, which could make it part of a budget drill that never comes to pass.
Weiler Seeks to Cut NASA Access to Keck Observatory - NASA Watch 2009
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It also emphasized that the review should occur during "pre-decisional exhibit planning."
Critics Wary Of New Smithsonian Review Policy Josh Fleet 2011
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