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dispositifs

dispositifs is the plural of dispositif.

Meaning of dispositif

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).

Questions about dispositifs

What is dispositifs the plural of?
Dispositifs is the plural of dispositif.

Words near dispositifs in the dictionary

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

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