A system is a general set of parts, steps, or components that are connected to form a more complex whole. For example, a computer system contains processors, memory, electrical pathways, a power supply, etc. For a very different example, a business is a system made up of methods, procedures, and routines.
LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. adjective. The definition of decisive is having the ability to make decisions or something that determines what comes next. 1  An example of decisive is a person who always makes up her mind firmly and quickly.
According to Fromm, the most decisive moment in history is the identification of self as opposed to nature. At this point people become responsible for their own fate - At this point they become afraid - the fear of freedom begins at the point of recognizing ones own responsibility for one's own fate. (See chapter 2: The Emergence of the Individual and the Ambiguity of Freedom)