決(き)め付(つ)け

きめつけ
noun
jumping to conclusions
cognitionevaluation
1. jumping to conclusions, hasty judgment
The act of deciding something without sufficient evidence or consideration.
それは決(き)め付(つ)けだ。
That's jumping to conclusions.
決(き)め付(つ)けはよくない。
Jumping to conclusions is not good.
勝手(かって)な決(き)め付(つ)けで人(ひと)を判断(はんだん)しないでほしい。
I wish you wouldn't judge people by your own snap assumptions.

The noun form of 決(き)め付(つ)ける (to jump to conclusions). Often written 決(き)めつけ. Always critical: the judgment is felt to be unfair or premature.

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Related: 先入観(せんにゅうかん) (preconception)
Related: 偏見(へんけん) (prejudice, bias)
Related: 思(おも)い込(こ)み (assumption, belief)
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Added 2026.2.6 0:06 · Revised 2026.10.8 9:44
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