adj
Meaning 1
Having the power to make rules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a rulemaking body
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rulemaking
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noun
Meaning 2
The act or process of creating rules, especially regulations (as opposed to statutes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lawmaking, normmaking, regulation, rulewriting
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From rule + making.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: normotvorný — having the power to make rules
- Czech: zákonotvorný — having the power to make rules
- Czech: zákonodárný — having the power to make rules
- Polish: normotwórczy — having the power to make rules
- Russian: нормотворческий (normotvorčeskij) — having the power to make rules
- Russian: правотворческий (pravotvorčeskij) — having the power to make rules
- Ukrainian: нормотворчий (normotvorčyj) — having the power to make rules
- Ukrainian: законодавчий (zakonodavčyj) — having the power to make rules
- Bulgarian: нормотворчество (normotvorčestvo) — the process of creating regulations
- Bulgarian: правотворчество (pravotvorčestvo) — the process of creating regulations
- Czech: normotvorba — the process of creating regulations
- Czech: právotvorba — the process of creating regulations
- Czech: zákonodárství — the process of creating regulations
- Polish: normotwórstwo — the process of creating regulations
- Polish: prawotwórstwo — the process of creating regulations
- Polish: prawodawstwo — the process of creating regulations
- Russian: нормотворчество (normotvorčestvo) — the process of creating regulations
- Russian: правотворчество (pravotvorčestvo) — the process of creating regulations
- Ukrainian: нормотворення (normotvorennja) — the process of creating regulations
- Ukrainian: законодавство (zakonodavstvo) — the process of creating regulations
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