Associations to the word «Deliberative»

Wiktionary

DELIBERATIVE, adjective. That deliberates, considers carefully.
DELIBERATIVE, noun. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
DELIBERATIVE, noun. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.

Dictionary definition

DELIBERATIVE, adjective. Involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination; "a deliberative body".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky