Evaluative

//ɪˈvæl.ju.ə.tɪv// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to the assignment of value to a person, thing, or event.

    "The college's position has always been that the opinion of students and colleagues was an important part of the evaluative process leading to tenure decisions."

  2. 2
    Judgmental; tending to reduce a thing to a simple evaluation.
Adjective
  1. 1
    exercising or involving careful evaluations wordnet

Synonyms

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appraisingappraising

Example

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"The college's position has always been that the opinion of students and colleagues was an important part of the evaluative process leading to tenure decisions."

Etymology

From evaluate + -ive.

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evaluative diversity

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