Definition of "policymaking" [policymaking]

• High-level development of policy, especially official government policy. (noun)
• Of, relating to, or involving the making of high-level policy: policymaking committees; policymaking decisions. (adjective)

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• "Bernanke said Thursday there has been "plenty of disagreement" among the members of the Federal Reserve's main policymaking group, whose power to influence interest rates for all kinds of loans is important to Americans 'pocketbooks."
• "He described a number of examples of science communication in policymaking, analyzing whether the transmitters (scientists) and/or the receivers (policymakers) did a good job."
• "But if they will be allowed to do so, this would just confirm the view that policymaking is what GW regulation will result in - not GW prevention."