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The Roosevelt enactment of Social Security was a moral revolution in our country: We were assured that we would never reach the very depths of poverty. And to be told, that we are now going to gamble it, on Wall Street, is nonsense!
Arthur Hertzberg

Meaning of "enactment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENACTMENT

enactment  [ɪnˈæktmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENACTMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Enactment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ENACTMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Enactment

The term enactment may refer to the whole or part of a piece of legislation or to the whole or part of an instrument made under a piece of legislation.

Definition of enactment in the English dictionary

The definition of enactment in the dictionary is the process in a parliament or other law-making body by which a law is agreed upon and made official. Other definition of enactment is representation or performance in or as if in a play; acting out.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENACTMENT


adjustment
əˈdʒʌstmənt
allotment
əˈlɒtmənt
apartment
əˈpɑːtmənt
appointment
əˈpɔɪntmənt
assortment
əˈsɔːtmənt
commitment
kəˈmɪtmənt
compartment
kəmˈpɑːtmənt
department
dɪˈpɑːtmənt
disappointment
ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt
ejectment
ɪˈdʒɛktmənt
exactment
ɪɡˈzæktmənt
excitement
ɪkˈsaɪtmənt
fitment
ˈfɪtmənt
investment
ɪnˈvɛstmənt
ointment
ˈɔɪntmənt
projectment
prəˈdʒɛktmənt
recruitment
rɪˈkruːtmənt
statement
ˈsteɪtmənt
treatment
ˈtriːtmənt
understatement
ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENACTMENT

enablement
enabler
enabling
enabling act
enabling legislation
enabling technology
enact
enactable
enaction
enactive
enactor
enactory
enacture
enalapril
enallage
enamel
enamel paint
enamel painting
enameled
enameler

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENACTMENT

advertisement
contentment
cost-of-living adjustment
education department
enlistment
fire department
foreign investment
graphic design department
heat treatment
indictment
Justice Department
one-room apartment
police department
power of appointment
pretreatment
resentment
sales department
service department
State Department
studio apartment
the treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of enactment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ENACTMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «enactment» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of enactment

Translation of «enactment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENACTMENT

Find out the translation of enactment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of enactment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «enactment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

法律制定
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

promulgación
570 millions of speakers

English

enactment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधिनियमन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

принятие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aprovação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

promulgation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Enakmen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erlass
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

>制定
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

> 제정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Enactment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ban hành
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரங்கேற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कायदा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yürürlüğe girmesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

conversione in legge
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uchwalenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прийняття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

enactment
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θέσπιση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

enactment
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

enactment
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lovfesting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of enactment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENACTMENT»

The term «enactment» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.522 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENACTMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «enactment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «enactment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about enactment

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10 QUOTES WITH «ENACTMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word enactment.
1
William Blackstone
No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God.
2
Martin Van Buren
It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment.
3
Arthur Capper
I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service.
4
Jim Gerlach
Since its enactment in the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks, the tools in the Patriot Act have been used by law enforcement to stop more than 400 terrorist threats to our families and communities.
5
Jeb Hensarling
From the takeover of Detroit and the failed stimulus packages to the enactment of Obamacare, the president and congressional Democrats chose to use Americas economic crisis as an excuse to expand government rather than as an opportunity to responsibly shrink it.
6
Arthur Hertzberg
The Roosevelt enactment of Social Security was a moral revolution in our country: We were assured that we would never reach the very depths of poverty. And to be told, that we are now going to gamble it, on Wall Street, is nonsense!
7
Sue Kelly
With the enactment of the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act, we have taken an important step toward achieving federal education policies that will allow students to learn and achieve at the highest possible level.
8
Sue Kelly
As a former professional patient advocate, I believe prescription drugs are an essential part of high-quality medical treatment, and I supported enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act.
9
Dick Thornburgh
The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure as Attorney General.
10
Roger Wicker
Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law, major legal barriers prevented intelligence, national defense, and law enforcement agencies from working together and sharing information.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENACTMENT»

Discover the use of enactment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to enactment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Teaching with Emotion: A Postmodern Enactment
The purpose of this book is to provide new theoretical, methodological and empirical directions in research on teacher emotion.
Michalinos Zembylas, 2005
2
Reason and Self-Enactment in History and Politics: Themes ...
Reason and Self-Enactment in History and Politics also offers a reappraisal of basic political principles and constructs.
F. M. Barnard, 2006
3
Organizing, Role Enactment, and Disaster: A Structural Theory
In this second book, Kreps and Susan Bosworth - and their colleagues - construct from the archives of the Disaster Research Center a formal theory of role enactment and organizing during the emergency period of disaster.
Gary A. Kreps, Susan Lovegren Bosworth, 1994
4
An enactment of science: a dynamic balance among curriculum, ...
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Robert W. Blake, 2002
5
Re-Enactment and Factual Discourse in a Biopic
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Communications - Movies and Television, grade: 2,0, University of Copenhagen (Film- und Medienwissenschaft), course: Between Documentary and Fiction, language: English, abstract: In this essay ...
Mirjam Moegele, 2010
6
Analysis of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication and ...
This volume brings together the advanced research results obtained by the European COST Action 2102 "Cross Modal Analysis of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication", primarily discussed at the PINK SSPnet-COST2102 International Conference on ...
Anna Esposito, Alessandro Vinciarelli, Klara Vicsi, 2011
7
Virtual Ritual, Real Enactment: An Examination of the ...
This dissertation investigates a sampling of online religious rituals, and how their formal elements manifest themselves in cyberspace, in order to discuss the possibilities for ritual's effectiveness when performed in the virtual ...
Cheryl A. Casey, 2007
8
Saints Alive: Word, Image, and Enactment in the Lives of the ...
Rather, images and enactments expand and complete the text, adding visual and dramatic dimensions.
David Williams, 2010
9
"Authors of Their Being": The Enactment of Elite Southern ...
This thesis explores the lives of elite white women in Virginia and the Carolinas through their letters and diaries in order to gauge the impact of the Revolution on their methods and conceptions of motherhood.
Katy Simpson Smith, 2008
10
Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level ...
Transference Enactment In this volume, we use the terms enact and enactment to refer to the way an individual “lives out” or brings to life his internal object relations in his interpersonal life. The term enact used in this way describes the ...
Eve Caligor, Otto F. Kernberg, John F. Clarkin, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENACTMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term enactment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Oregon woman dies in fall from horse at Civil War re-enactment
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A Whidbey Island woman died after she fell off her horse while preparing to participate in a Civil War re-enactment. «KBOI-TV, Jul 15»
2
Friends of Crysler Farm Battlefield hosting re-enactment
MORRISBURG — The Friends of the Crysler's Farm Battlefield will mark the 202nd anniversary of the historic War of 1812 - Battle of Crysler's ... «The Morrisburg Leader, Jul 15»
3
Heritage Trust Fund Enactment repealed
Kota Kinabalu: The State Legislative Assembly agreed to repeal the State Heritage Trust Fund (KWAWNS) Enactment 1996, Tuesday, to allow ... «Daily Express, Jul 15»
4
Re-enactment on tap
"Our Success is Complete and Secession is Killed in this Country." This boastful telegram from Gen. George B. McClellan proclaimed the ... «The Inter-Mountain, Jul 15»
5
Vikings descend on town for re-enactment weekend
Vikings descend on town for re-enactment weekend. 07:40 08 July 2015. Mark Hamilton. Viking and Dark Age Festival, at Woodgreen Animal Shelter,. Archant. «Hunts Post, Jul 15»
6
Sweeney Statement on Enactment of Tax Cut For Working Poor
“I am pleased the governor signed my bill to increase the tax cut for the working poor. This will make a real difference in the lives of those who ... «PolitickerNJ, Jul 15»
7
Woman dies after fall from horse before Civil War re-enactment
A Washington woman died Sunday after she fell off her horse on Saturday while preparing to participate in a Civil War re-enactment at ... «Statesman Journal, Jul 15»
8
Hubbardton: Revolutionary War re-enactment on July 11/12
BOMOSEEN >> Hundreds of re-enactors will gather for a colorful, full-scale history pageant paying tribute to the only battle fought on Vermont ... «The Manchester Journal, Jul 15»
9
History buffs get medieval with re-enactment of 12th century battle in …
KARNEI HITTIN, Israel -- The year is 1187 and the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem is beginning to collapse. At the Battle of Hattin, ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
10
ECP met to consider matters pertaining to the upcoming local …
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday agreed to approach the Supreme Court to seek time for the enactment of a local government law for ... «DAWN.com, Jul 15»

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