Dispositif
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dispositif is a noun meaning (international law) A part of a document that communicates the decisions taken by some organization or nation on a particular issue.
Meaning
(international law) A part of a document that communicates the decisions taken by some organization or nation on a particular issue.
More Meanings
- (philosophy) 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).
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- dispositifs
- dispositive
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include purview, system, controller, arrangement, operative, scheme.
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