dispositif

== English == === Alternative forms === (Sociology): dispositive (Philosophy): dispositif === Etymology === Borrowed from French dispositif. === Noun === dispositif (plural dispositifs) (international law) A part of a document that communicates the decisions taken by some organization or nation on a particular issue. (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). === See also === operative part, substance, purport, terms expressing the notion for court decisions under common law == French == === Etymology === From Latin dispositum +‎ -if. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dis.po.zi.tif/ === Noun === dispositif m (plural dispositifs) arrangement, lay-out measures, expedient, means to an end device, machine, system un dispositif informatique ― a computing device operation, plan (law) dispositif ==== Derived terms ==== dispositif intra-utérin === Further reading === “dispositif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012