legislation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
law enacted by a legislative body
Types & categories
- civil law hypernym
- enabling legislation hyponym
- occupational safety and health act hyponym
Parts & wholes
- statute book part holonym
Related & opposite
- legislate derivation
- law domain topic
- legislating has domain topic
- Department of Justice has domain topic
- unamended has domain topic
Sense 2 noun
the act of making or enacting laws
Types & categories
- governing hypernym
- criminalization hyponym
- decriminalization hyponym
- enactment hyponym
Related & opposite
- legislate derivation
- legislation domain topic
- law domain topic
- reconsider has domain topic
- filibuster has domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | legislate |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | legislating |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | Department of Justice |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | unamended |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | statute book |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | civil law |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enabling legislation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | occupational safety and health act |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | legislate |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | legislation |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | reconsider |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | filibuster |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | governing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | criminalization |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | decriminalization |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | enactment |