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enactment

noun
/ɛnˈæktmənt/CA

Etymology

From enact + -ment.

  1. derived from actum
  2. derived from acte
  3. derived from in-
  4. derived from en-
  5. inherited from enacten
  6. formed as enactment — “enact + -ment”

Definitions

  1. The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.

    • The actors' powerful enactment of the play was breathtaking.

  2. A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.

    • The enactments passed by the council that year included sweeping reforms.

The neighborhood

Derived

nonenactment, preenactment

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at enactment. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at enactment. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at enactment

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA