decision making

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decision making - the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

deciding

officiating, officiation, refereeing, umpirage - the act of umpiring; "the officiating was excellent"

higher cognitive process - cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use

determination - deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature; "the determination of grammatical inflections"

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; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"

judging, judgement, judgment - the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

change of mind, flip-flop, turnabout, turnaround, reversal - a decision to reverse an earlier decision

choice, pick, selection - the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"

cull, reject - the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

alternative, option, choice - one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse"

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