executive decision
noun
An (especially important or far-reaching) decision made and implemented by a person or body with executive power; (also in weakened or ironic use) especially a decision regarded as domineering or unilateral, or relatively trivial.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Political Science Quarterly.
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