dispositif
English
Alternative forms
- (sociology): dispositive
Etymology
Borrowed from French dispositif
Noun
dispositif (plural dispositifs)
- (international law) A document that communicates the general stance 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.
- (sociology) 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.
French
Etymology
From the root of Latin dispositum.
Pronunciation
Noun
dispositif m (plural dispositifs)
- arrangement, lay-out
- measures, expedient, means to an end
- device, machine, system
- operation, plan
- (law) dispositif
Further reading
- “dispositif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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