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dispositif

dispositif noun: a part of a document that communicates the decisions taken by some organization or nation on a particular issue.

Noun

dispositif (plural dispositifs)

  1. (international law) A part of a document that communicates the decisions taken by some organization or nation on a particular issue.
    • Thereafter the court ruled unanimously in paragraph 2c of its dispositif that threat or use of force by means of nuclear weapons is contrary to the UN charter and is unlawful.
  2. According to Michel Foucault, the aggregate of institutional, physical and administrative mechanisms and knowledge structures that enhance and maintain the exercise of power within society (see dispositif).

Forms of dispositif

pluraldispositifs
alternative formdispositive

Origin of dispositif

Borrowed from French dispositif.

Questions about dispositif

What does dispositif mean?
Dispositif means a part of a document that communicates the decisions taken by some organization or nation on a particular issue.
What part of speech is dispositif?
Dispositif is a noun.
What is the plural of dispositif?
The plural of dispositif is dispositifs.

Words near dispositif in the dictionary

  1. disposing of
  2. disposingly
  3. disposings
  4. disposit
  5. disposited
  6. dispositif
  7. dispositifs
  8. dispositing
  9. dispositio
  10. disposition
  11. disposition bias

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