decision making

noun

The process of reaching a decision.

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noundecision making (uncountable)

alternative decision-making · alternative decisionmaking

  1. uncountableThe process of reaching a decision.

    The financial crisis could have been avoided and was the result of poor decision making both in Washington and at top financial firms that fostered a culture of excessive risk taking, according to a draft report written by Democrats on a panel that investigated the meltdown and obtained by Reuters

    2011 January 25, Dave Clarke, “Panel says financial crisis avoidable”, in Reuters

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe cognitive process of reaching a decision

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higher cognitive process
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Translations

Catalan presa de decisions
  • presa de decisionsprocess of reaching a decision
Czech rozhodování
  • rozhodováníprocess of reaching a decision
Danish beslutningstagning
  • beslutningstagningprocess of reaching a decision
Dutch besluitvorming
  • besluitvormingprocess of reaching a decision
Finnish päätöksenteko
  • päätöksentekoprocess of reaching a decision
French prise de décision
  • prise de décisionprocess of reaching a decision
German Entscheidungsfindung, Beschlussfassung
  • Entscheidungsfindungprocess of reaching a decision
  • Beschlussfassungprocess of reaching a decision
Hungarian döntéshozás, döntéshozatal
  • döntéshozásprocess of reaching a decision
  • döntéshozatalprocess of reaching a decision
Indonesian pengambilan keputusan, pembuatan keputusan
  • pengambilan keputusanprocess of reaching a decision
  • pembuatan keputusanprocess of reaching a decision
  • pemutusanprocess of reaching a decision
Irish cinnteoireacht
  • cinnteoireachtprocess of reaching a decision
Japanese 意思決定
  • 意思決定 (ishi kettei)process of reaching a decision
Korean 의사 결정
  • 의사 결정 (uisa gyeoljeong)process of reaching a decision
Malay pembuatan keputusan
  • pembuatan keputusanprocess of reaching a decision
Polish podejmowanie decyzji
  • podejmowanie decyzjiprocess of reaching a decision
Portuguese tomada de decisão
  • tomada de decisãoprocess of reaching a decision
Spanish toma de decisiones
  • toma de decisionesprocess of reaching a decision
Swedish beslutsfattande
  • beslutsfattandeprocess of reaching a decision
Turkish karar verme
  • karar vermeprocess of reaching a decision
Cite this entry
APA

decision making. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decision%20making

MLA

“decision making.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decision%20making. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decision making,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decision%20making.

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