determining

comparative more determining · superlative most determining

1. Determinative; causal.

   This is suggestive that financial clout is a more determining factor in trade policy outcomes than voting power.

   2009, Georges De Menil, Richard Portes, Hans-Werner Sinn, Economic Policy 53, page 103

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   The discourse of the community economy thus questions the practice of singling out certain activities as necessarily or invariably more important, more independent, more determining of economic “health” and distinguishing them from those that are more expendable, dependent, and less determining or potentially destructive within the economy.

   2012, Trevor J. Barnes, Jamie Peck, Eric Sheppard, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography, page 258

   He suggested that social factors are even more determining than biological factors and emphasized that low levels of stress and high levels of social connection are more protective than not smoking, eating a good diet, and exercising regularly.

   2023, Rosalynn A. Vega, Nested Ecologies, page 151

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of determine