The phrase "a decisive criterion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a standard or principle that plays a crucial role in making a decision or judgment.
Example: "In evaluating the candidates, experience was a decisive criterion for our selection process."
Alternatives: "a determining factor" or "a key standard".
"I am more inclined toward architectural quality level as a decisive criterion.
The cost/efficiency ratio of CO2-reduction measures must be a decisive criterion for their application.
LaCapra questions prevalent anthropocentrism (evident even in theorists of the "posthuman") and the long-standing quest for a decisive criterion separating or dividing the human from the animal.
A systematic reassessment of history in order to bring to light figures who have been unfairly overlooked could easily yield as many men as women, and gender should not become a decisive criterion in determining merit.
7. The apparent purpose of the 1940 change in language was to eliminate membership as a decisive criterion in recognition of the fact that mere formal affiliation is no measure of the intensity of beliefs, and that many nominal adherents do not share or pursue the ethics of their church.
In other eras, as in modern times, concentration on the latter has been considered a decisive criterion, so that philosophers who are Jewish but unconcerned with Judaism or the Jewish heritage and destiny in their thought are not ordinarily classified as Jewish philosophers.
In our study, motivation "protocol without risk" was little reported, appearing to be a relatively low decisive criterion for participation in the trial when the risk was low.
In a separate book, The Decisive Criterion for Distinguishing Islam from Clandestine Unbelief (Faysal al-tafriqa bayna l-Islâm wa-l-zandaqa) he clarifies that only teachings that violate certain "fundamental doctrines" (usûl al-'aqâ'id) should be deemed unbelief and apostasy.
Our experimental research shows that the most promising shape-based hybrid joints reported in the literature are not the best solution when the hybrid joint's fatigue life is the decisive criterion for a product's durability.
Providing a 'B' or 'C' LOS and a satisfactory environmental/social condition rating, the decisive criterion for the selection of the 'Rehabilitation' option as the best upgrading strategy is the adequacy of geometry at turns and intersections.
The decisive criterion is the length of time a given mass of water resides within a certain part of an aquatic ecosystem, a concept clearly related to flow rates.
