Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to decisions.
Subjects characterized as having achieved decisional equilibrium were well distributed throughout the range of decisional situations, although none of these individuals participated in more than nine different decisions.
1972, J. A. Alutto, J. A. Belasco, “A Typology for Participation in Organizational Decision Making”, in Administrative Science Quarterly, volume 17, number 1, page 119 - not comparableHaving the power or authority to make decisions.
The procedures should also make plain that a decisional official, whether or not challenged, may voluntarily abstain from participating in a particular proceeding.
1980, P. L. Strauss, “Disqualifications of Decisional Officials in Rulemaking”, in Columbia Law Review, volume 80, number 5, page 1050
Origin
- Englishdecision
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishdecisional
Translations
Finnish päätös-, päättävä
- päätös-of or pertaining to decisions
- päättävähaving the power or authority to make decisions
French décisionnel
- décisionnelof or pertaining to decisions
German Entscheidungs-
- Entscheidungs-of or pertaining to decisions
Italian decisionale, decisionale
- decisionaleof or pertaining to decisions
- decisionalehaving the power or authority to make decisions
Polish decyzyjny
- decyzyjnyof or pertaining to decisions
Romanian decizional, decizional
- decizionalof or pertaining to decisions
- decizionalhaving the power or authority to make decisions
Cite this entry
decisional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decisional
“decisional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decisional. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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