決きめ付つける

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決め付ける · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

arbitrarily decide; fix upon one-sidedly; jump to conclusions

Used when someone ignores another's position or evidence and unilaterally decides something is the case, often with a negative connotation.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

To strongly reprimand or accuse someone, often in a confrontational manner. Less common than sense 1.

〈事こと〉だと決きめ付つけるto assume/conclude one-sidedly that something is the case
彼かれは失しっ敗ぱいの原げん因いんを私わたしのせいだと決きめ付つけた。
He decided one-sidedly that the failure was my fault.
〈人ひと〉を〈事こと〉だと決きめ付つけるto label/judge a person as something without proof
みんなは彼かれを犯はん人にんだと決きめ付つけた。
Everyone unfairly concluded that he was the culprit.
決きめ付つけないでくださいplease don't jump to conclusions
そんなに早はやく決きめ付つけないでください。
Please don't jump to conclusions so quickly.

断だん定ていN2sense 1
決め付ける carries a critical, one-sided nuance, while 断定する is a more neutral, formal word for stating something as definite.
しかるN4sense 2
叱る is the general word for scolding, while 決め付ける in its scolding sense implies a sharper, more accusatory confrontation.
思おもい込こむN2sense 1
思い込む describes privately believing something without basis, whereas 決め付ける usually implies imposing that judgment on someone else.
早はや合が点てん sense 1
早合点する means to jump to a hasty conclusion out of carelessness, while 決め付ける stresses stubbornly refusing to reconsider a one-sided view.

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決きめるN4sense 1
決める is the neutral verb for deciding, while 決め付ける adds a negative nuance of deciding unfairly or without listening to others.
呼よばわり
決めつける means to unfairly assume or brand someone as something without proof, while 呼ばわり focuses on the act of publicly calling someone by a negative name.

押おし付つけるN2sense 1
押し付ける means to force something (an object, opinion, duty) onto someone, while 決め付ける specifically means to force a one-sided conclusion or judgment.

Compound of 決める (to decide) and 付ける (to attach), literally 'to attach a decision', giving the sense of imposing a decision or judgment on someone.