# state of exception

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A condition in which ordinary laws or norms have been suspended by a political authority.

## Etymology
Calque of German Ausnahmezustand, primarily as used by the German jurist and philosopher Carl Schmitt; popularised in English by the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben in the 1990s–2000s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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