enactment
/ɪˈnaktm(ə)nt
/ /ɛˈnaktm(ə)nt/noun
1 [mass noun] The process of passing legislation: the enactment of equal pay legislation...
- Working with government is essential to successful enactment of legislation.
- I tentatively support legislative enactment of same-sex marriage - but only when the legislature is constitutionally authorized to do this.
- In recent years there has been demand for enactment of legislation enabling the adoption of children.
Synonyms
passing, making law, ratification, ratifying, validation, validating, sanction, sanctioning, approval, approving, endorsement, adoption;
decreeing, ordaining, legislating;
application, appliance, implementation
1.1 [count noun] A law that is passed: enactments covering food safety...
- All enactments and rules of law relating to procedure in connection with indictable offences shall continue to have effect in relation to proceedings in the Crown Court.
- Most of the law dealt with here is based on statutes or other public enactments.
- That means that a resource consent is not an enactment or rule of law that would prohibit the exercise of a customary right.
Synonyms
bill, act, law, by-law, order, decree, resolution, ruling, rule, regulation, statute, edict, measure, motion, command, commandment, pronouncement, proclamation, dictate, dictum, diktat, fiat;
(enactments) legislation;
North American ordinance
2An instance of acting something out: the story becomes an enactment of his fantasies...
- Various rural communities in Germany, for instance, held traditional enactments in which a local inhabitant was dressed to represent a wild man, sometimes in moss and leaves.
- By day, the priests and priestesses performed enactments for people who came to the temple.
- The world famous enactments of Bible stories were last performed in the Minster at the turn of the Millennium - to capacity audiences.
Synonyms
acting, playing, performing, performance, staging, appearance;
portrayal, depiction, representation, personification
formal personation
2.1 [mass noun] Psychoanalysis The controlled expression and acceptance of repressed emotions or impulses in behaviour during therapy.Sibling influence on the learning and enactment of aggressive behavior has been consistently demonstrated in studies of sibling relationships....
- In the final stage - behavioral enactment - the selected response is performed.
- Members of relationships use standards as templates for evaluating whether or not each other's behavior and role enactment are appropriate and acceptable.