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deliberative

[dih-lib-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv] / dɪˈlɪb ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv /


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These influencers play to audiences largely made up of people who want to be seen atop the moral high ground without putting in the deliberative intellectual work to get there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

There are, however, still tangible benefits to this deliberative approach.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

Then the more deliberative System 2 thinking will kick in, where we consider more variables, including our own biases and those of others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

“This is a deliberative body. It’s a legislative process by definition — all of us have to give up on personal preferences,” he continued.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

Representative James Jackson from Georgia was positively apoplectic that such a petition would even be considered by any serious deliberative body.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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