prudential

adj, noun — 4 senses

prudential

adj

UK /pɹuːˈdɛn.ʃəl/ · US /pɹuˈdɛn.ʃəl/

Etymology From Latin prudentia + -al.

1

Characterised by the use of prudence; arising from careful thought or deliberation.

a prudential line of conduct1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
Matrimony had always been a matter of prudential calculation.2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 206:

2

Of a person: exercising prudence; cautious.

3

Advisory; superintending or executive.

a prudential committee

Derived terms: antiprudential, macroprudential, microprudential, prudentialism, prudentialist, prudentiality, prudentially, prudentialness, unprudential

prudential

noun

Etymology From Latin prudentia + -al.

1

Archaic, In plural A matter requiring prudence.

I believe few men knew more of the art of policy and self-interested prudentials, but never man so little practised them.1853, George Godfrey Cunningham, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, volume 2, page 426:

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