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📜 Authoritative order 👑 An official order
decretive

decretive

9.7
Like an official order that must be obeyed
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈkriːtɪv/
  • Formal
translation icon : decretivo
  • The judge issued a decretive order to finalize the settlement between the parties involved.

Examples

  • This runs its decretive course in an eternal court of record (n122) — an austere place for the intimacies of spiritual romance, far removed from Sibbes.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Her speech outlined the decretive measures that would be taken to improve public safety.

  • The government announced a decretive policy to address the rising issue of climate change.

Synonyms

decretal
vsdecretive
  • Formal
9.9

Relating to official letters or orders from the pope about church law

is about general authoritative orders rather than only church rulings
decreed
vsdecretive
  • Formal
6.9

An official order fixes a date or rule

focuses on being characteristic of an order rather than being already fixed by it

How Authoritative

binding
  • Formal
4.6
decretive
  • Formal
9.7
directive
  • Formal
128 6.1
advisory
  • Formal
48 4.2

Surface Forms

decretive positive

Morphology

decretive = decree (transparent) = decret + ive

Meaning is directly predictable from the base concept 'decree' plus the adjectival suffix '-ive' meaning 'relating to' or 'having the nature of'.

Etymology

Decretive comes from the same root as decree, a word for a strong official decision, and is related to decide which means 'to make a choice'. So to be decretive is to act like a decree — firm and official, leaving little room for change.