Urteilsbildung

formation of judgement

noun UR-tails-bil-dung Rare

Also means

opinion formation

Usage Note

Urteilsbildung is a formal term for the cognitive and social process of arriving at a judgement or opinion. It is used in legal, educational, and civic contexts: kritische Urteilsbildung = critical opinion formation.

Examples

"Die Schule soll zur kritischen Urteilsbildung der Schüler beitragen."

Natural Translation

The school should contribute to pupils' critical formation of judgement.

Literal Translation

The school shall to-the critical judgement-formation of-the pupils contribute.

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