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dispositif

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: international law

Examples

  • 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.

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noun

Meaning 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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from French dispositif.