English noun: lawmaking | |||
1. | lawmaking (act) the act of making or enacting laws | ||
Synonyms | legislating, legislation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | administration, governance, governing, government, government activity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | criminalisation, criminalization, decriminalisation, decriminalization, enactment, passage | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law, legislation, statute law | ||
Domain category members | filibuster, reconsider | ||