Decision making is hyphenated

  • Should decision-making have hyphen?

    In Merriam-Webster, our dictionary of choice, the hyphenated compound noun “decision-making” appears as such, so it's always hyphenated. (Most adjective forms, on the other hand, can be left open after a noun, even if they are listed in the dictionary with a hyphen.).

In Merriam-Webster, our dictionary of choice, the hyphenated compound noun “decision-making” appears as such, so it's always hyphenated.

Is decision making one word or two?

Once again, I have run into a law review that has adopted the convention of using decisionmaking as a one word unhyphenated noun and adjective.
I hate to be pedantic about this, but the Chicago Manual of Style still says that decision making is an unhyphenated two word compound noun and a hyphenated two word compound adjective:

  1. FWIW
  2. Word's and Safari's spell checkers agree with me and the Chicago Manual

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