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DECISION MAKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cognitive process of reaching a decision
Example:
a good executive must be good at decision making
Synonyms:
deciding; decision making
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("decision making" is a kind of...):
higher cognitive process (cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "decision making"):
officiating; officiation; refereeing; umpirage (the act of umpiring)
determination (deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature)
eclectic method; eclecticism (making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style)
groupthink (decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility))
closure; resolution; settlement (something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making)
judgement; judging; judgment (the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions)
change of mind; flip-flop; reversal; turnabout; turnaround (a decision to reverse an earlier decision)
choice; pick; selection (the person or thing chosen or selected)
cull; reject (the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality)
alternative; choice; option (one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen)
